A woman suffered smoke inhalation during a fire at a dry cleaners in West Sussex, according to reports.
The victim was treated in hospital following the incident in Chichester's North Street, which started in a tumble dryer.
Firefighters tackled the blaze, which they concluded was an accident, at the rear of the premises and moved the tumble dryer outside.
The fire happened on March 19, just before 9pm, reported the Chichester Observer.
Following a blaze in any commercial properties in England and Wales, a "suitable and sufficient" fire risk assessment must be conducted under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
The individual responsible for safety can face an unlimited fine or even up to two years' jail if the fire risk assessment is deemed to be insufficient.


WESTFIELD, Mass. - Freshman Jake Poitras (Harwich, Mass.) and junior Connor Anderson (Raynham, Mass.) both carded six-over 77s on Wednesday, leading the Worcester State University men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the eight-team Brett Williamson Invitational, hosted by Westfield State University at Tekoa Country Club.
Despite the fourth place finish, the Lancers finished just three strokes off the pace, set by the Westfield State Blue Team, with a score of 318. Westfield State White finished second with 319, Northern Vermont-Johnson was third with a score of 320, while the Lancers posted 321.
Poitras and Anderson finished just two shots behind the leaders with their 77s. Westfield State's Ryan Koczela (Bridgewater, Mass.) shot a 75 on the day, and won a three-player playoff to claim the individual title.
Freshman Brodie Coughlin (North Brookfield, Mass.) shot an 82 for the Lancers on the day, with junior Brian Poillucci (North Attleboro, Mass.) shooting an 85. Senior Kyle Baker (Fresno, Calif.) rounded out the scoring for Worcester State on the afternoon, putting up a score of 88.
The men's golf team will be off until Tuesday, October 2, when the Lancers host the MASCAC Championships at Blackstone National Golf Club in Sutton.


Do you have questions about graduate programs in SPU's School of Business, Government, and Economics? Check the MBA, MS-IS, MAM-DA, MAM-CYBER, MAM-HR, and MAM-FB websites to find detailed information about the programs, and see below to find answers to frequently asked questions. If you want to ask questions of someone in person, contact our graduate director at 206-281-2753.
Why is SPU's MBA program distinctive?
A curriculum grounded on ethics and values. Drawing on our Christian heritage, we emphasized an ethics-based approach long before it was popular to do so. We emphasize meaningful purpose in business, and serving others: customers, employees, and community.
Small class sizes. You'll get to know faculty and fellow students in our personal and interactive learning environment. Faculty care about you as a person and as a professional.
High quality. This is a fully accredited, academically rigorous, and challenging program. It is taught by qualified faculty and representatives from industry with substantial in-the-field expertise. We stress applied learning.
Connectedness. You will network with peers, alumni, and business community mentors.
Flexibility. You can start in any quarter, and you can proceed at a pace that fits with the demands on your life. International students have separate guidelines that pertain to their F-1 status and/or government sponsorship.
What is the profile of your current student body?
The average MBA student has a 503 GMAT score, 3.3 GPA, seven years of work experience, and a diverse professional background. Most work full time in a wide range of companies or nonprofits. Companies represented by students have included Boeing, Microsoft, Adobe Systems, Starbucks, Safeco, AT&T, and Virginia Mason Medical Center.
Yes. Organized in 1916, AACSB — Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International— is the oldest and most prestigious business school accrediting body in the world. Fewer than 40 percent of North American business schools have attained this accreditation.
How are your programs connected to the Seattle business community?
Our Executive Advisory Board links us to the Puget Sound business community. The Mentor Program matches students one on one with business professionals. Business leaders serve as guest speakers, sources for team projects, and informal advisors. Our graduate programs, along with the Center for Integrity in Business, sponsor the quarterly "Faith & the Marketplace" speaker series. We have many opportunities to network with alumni in person and on our LinkedIn group.
We offer a wide variety of career and professional development opportunities including career counseling, job search coaching, résumé development, workshops and seminars, networking events, and mentoring. Employment opportunities are posted on Handshake at SPU's Center for Career and Calling and our LinkedIn group.
How long does it take to complete the MBA program?
The length of the program depends on the number of pre-MBA classes satisfied by undergraduate coursework and potential transfer credits from previous graduate-level coursework. The table below describes the length of the program for students who register for three, six, or nine credits. The table is not adjusted for any prior coursework that may apply.
Total program length is 72 quarter credits. See the Catalog policies.
Evening and weekend courses are scheduled to accommodate students with active work schedules. Courses are generally designed to meet one evening, three hours per week, for 11 weeks.
Is it possible to take classes before being admitted to the program?
Yes, you may take up to three of our pre-MBA core courses. As a pre-qualified student, you must have had at least one year of continuous full-time work experience after completion of an undergraduate degree with a 3.0 GPA.
I've taken some of the pre-MBA courses at another university. Can any courses be waived?
Pre-MBA foundation courses (27 credit hours) cover business fundamentals that must be understood to achieve the program's objectives. In the following circumstances, coursework completed at the undergraduate level prior to admission to the program may fulfill one or more pre-MBA courses.
Courses in which you earned a minimum grade of B may fulfill foundations courses with comparable content.
A course taken for pass/no credit cannot fulfill a foundations course requirement.
In order to fulfill the BUS 6170 requirement, a course must have been completed with a minimum grade of B within three years of admission to the MBA program.
If the competency examination is successfully completed, the applicable foundations course will be considered fulfilled.
If you do not successfully complete the competency exam, you must take the graduate course or complete it via credit by examination, for which tuition and an examination fee are charged.
Are transfer students accepted into the MBA program?
Yes. You must apply as a new applicant and submit the required documents, including GMAT scores. Students attending another AACSB-accredited MBA program may potentially transfer up to nine graduate-level credits.
I already hold a master's degree. Can I apply to the MBA program?
Yes. Students who hold a master's degree in a different field are welcome. You are not required to submit GMAT scores. Depending on your graduate coursework, you may be able to transfer up to nine credits.
My undergraduate degree is not in business. Can I still apply to the MBA program?
Yes. The MBA curriculum has a series of core courses to ensure all students have the foundation needed for successful degree completion.
I noticed you offer specializations. Are students required to declare a specialization?
No, students may select electives from any specialization and receive a general MBA.
What materials are required for admission?
You must apply online for all SPU graduate programs.
I took the GRE exam. Will you accept GRE scores instead of GMAT scores?
No. We require GMAT scores. The MBA program prefers GMAT scores above 500 (25 verbal; 30 quantitative; 4.4 analytical writing).
Admittance to the MBA program requires one year of continuous post-bachelor's work experience. More is preferred.
Once your application file is complete, an admission decision goes out to you within seven to 10 working days.
How often do you accept applicants?
The MBA program enrolls students for autumn, winter, spring, and summer quarters. New international students are not accepted for summer quarter enrollment.
I was accepted to the MBA program. May I defer my admission offer?
Yes. Accepted applicants who wish to postpone their admission may request a deferral. Deferrals, in most cases, will be granted for no more than four quarters.
I was denied admission. May I re-apply?
Yes. You may re-apply to the program for a subsequent quarter. If you decide to retake the GMAT, TOEFL, or IELTS, please have your official scores submitted to the University. If you complete any new coursework, please have your transcript submitted to the University. Your application is saved for one year.
I am a prospective international student. How much funding must I have available to obtain an I-20?
If you are a privately sponsored applicant, you will need to submit the Declaration of International Student Finance (DISF) form and all supporting documents. Seattle Pacific University can issue the visa eligibility document that you'll need in order to have your student visa authorized.
If you are a government-sponsored applicant, you will need to submit an original award letter (or a certified copy of an award letter). All financial documents must be written in English and valid as of the start date of your first quarter of enrollment.
The estimated annual costs for the 2017–18 school year for living on or off campus are $42,596. For those living with a sponsor family in the U.S., the estimated annual costs are $37,820.
The process to receive an I-20 can take up to three months, so please adhere to the application deadlines.
I am an international student who still needs to take the TOEFL and GMAT exams. May I apply for conditional admission?
You may apply for conditional admission in order to apply for scholarships or government sponsorship. You must meet our academic and minimum 1-year work experience requirements, but may not yet meet our English proficiency requirements and/or the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) score requirement. Conditional admission is valid for one year from the date of this application.
I am an international student who received a 3-year bachelor's degree. May I apply to your MBA program?
A three-year bachelor's degree from an international institution may or may not allow you to apply to our programs. Our Master's programs require prior completion of a 4-year U.S. bachelor's degree from a regionally-accredited institution—or an equivalent degree from another country. Because higher education systems vary widely around the world and change over time, SPU requires students to have their academic credentials evaluated by a professional credential evaluator to determine comparability to a U.S. degree. Information about approved evaluation services is available here. Evaluations should be submitted to Graduate Admissions.
I have additional questions about the MBA program. May I visit the SPU campus to learn more about the business graduate programs?
Yes! Our faculty and staff are available to meet with you individually. Contact our graduate director at 206-281-2753 or mba-info@spu.edu to arrange a visit.
Tuition is $890 per credit hour for the 2018–19 academic year; other required fees may also apply. The MBA program has 72 credits.
Do you offer scholarships to students in the MBA program?
There are no scholarships available. Besides student loan programs, students should research other sources.


On behalf of Van Pelt and Dufour Law Firm posted in Georgia Workers' Compensation on Tuesday, December 27, 2016.
For many people, social media plays a role in their daily life and has even become an integral part of their routine. For many of us, posting an update on Facebook or venting about a problem on Twitter has become a regular part of our day. Under normal circumstances, this type of daily reporting is seemingly harmless - but it's not always recommended if you are filing for workers' compensation or seeking damages in a personal injury claim.
You will be working closely with your attorney in order to develop the best legal strategy for your particular case. For a personal injury claim, this may involve proving the accident caused emotional as well as physical injury, resulting in financial damages. The damages you are seeking often include medical costs, lost wages and the impact of emotional distress. While your Georgia personal injury attorney will be working tirelessly in order to prove that the injury has had a significant and detrimental impact on both your personal and professional life, the other party will be working just as hard to prove that it was not damaging at all.
It is important to recognize that it may not be in your best interest to continue your active social life online after an accident that results in an injury.
Even a friendly post to update your friends and relatives may indicate you are not as emotional distraught or physically injured as you claim. While you may realize that you shouldn't post a selfie of you jogging with your friends, even less-obvious posts may still have a detrimental impact on your case. Even a simple post that says "Feeling great after a day of shopping" could be viewed as evidence that you are capable of returning to work.
Personal injury insurance defense lawyers, including workers' compensation, are finding that some of the easiest evidence against complainants is readily available on the vast expanse of social networking sites. According to an article published on the Huffington Post, nearly 74% of adults who use the Internet reported that they also participated on social networking sites. Experts predict that this number is likely to remain the same or rise, closing the gap between Internet users and social media users.
If you have been involved in an accident that results in an injury, whether in the workplace or on the roads, the best thing to do is to deactivate your social networking accounts and cease from posting online until your litigation or workers' compensation claim is concluded. Discuss this with your friends and family members, as well. Even things innocently posted to or about you can harm your case. If you decide not to deactivate your account and take a break from social media, it's imperative that your account privacy settings are up to date.
Your team of personal injury attorneys are available to give you guidance in regards to every aspect of your case. Not only will they help you understand the legal process and the steps that need to be taken in order to secure the compensation that you need, but they also will help you maneuver your personal and professional life during this tumultuous time. To learn more about social media best practices when involved in a personal injury case, contact our team of qualified personal injury attorneys today.


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Rob's Album of The Week: Vudu Sister's Bastard Children
Stemming from rock & roll angst, folk chords and rhythms and grunge-esque aesthetics, Providence's Keith McCurdy has made one hell of a debut record under his pseudonym Vudu Sister with Bastard Children. The album features a revolving cast of fellow Providence musicians such as Sugar Honey Iced Tea's Kate Jones, multi-instrumentalist Michael Samos, violinist Diane O'Connor, mandolin extraordinaire Chris Owens, Tig & Bean's Caroline Hecht and Lily Costner, The Famous Winters' Alexander Garzone and Sean Kennedy, Big River Stomp's Jesse Burdick and Joe Fletcher, Joe Principe and Dave Hemingway from The Wrong Reasons. It doesn't really matter who McCurdy plays with on each track, each song resonates pure audial gold.
Bastard Children was recorded this past summer by Greg Holmes at Treading Thomas Records in Providence, who also assisted McCurdy and Samos with producing the album. The album is not just your average singer-songwriter folk record, McCurdy takes it to another level with his poetically morbid, dark and sometimes powerful lyrics and his ability to rock a guitar so hard that it doesn't even need an amplifier. Ranging from the gothic country styles of Johnny Cash, 60's folk influences like Neil Young and Bob Dylan to 90's alt-rock techniques that makes you think of guys like Eddie Vedder, Mark Lanegan and Kurt Cobain, McCurdy's music is as contemporary as it is timeless.
- Rob Duguay
"Dead Man's Pockets" is a track about stealing money from a corpse, with Samos strumming the dobro, Burdick plucking the banjo and Garzone pounding the drums along with McCurdy's guitar skills and gentle, cryptic voice that gives you a mental picture of being dirt poor in the woods and scavenging through a lifeless body to get a couple bucks. "The Quiet Man" features Costner and Hecht on backing vocals, Samos changing it up to an electric guitar and Owens on mandolin backing up McCurdy as he sings about loneliness and how sometimes the people who don't talk just want some company. "Underground" is my favorite ditty on Bastard Children, featuring Kennedy rocking a catchy guitar, Garzone doing what he does best on the drums and McCurdy echoing the thoughts of a serial killer. "One Of A Kind" has classic rock & roll rhythms and jumping beats as McCurdy, Fletcher, Principe and Hemenway bring the pain, but the pain feels oh so good. "Wicked King" is the most epic folk song I've heard in a long time, with McCurdy playing a solo acoustic guitar singing about how humanity is unaware of it's own doom and with the rich getting richer, hope seems to fade. I highly suggest you don't take my word on just a select few, grab the album and listen in for yourself.
Vudu Sister will be having it's album release show for Bastard Children at Local 121 on 121 Washington Street in Providence on May 4th with Tallahassee, The Famous Winters and Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons sharing the stage. After that Keith will be playing at Java Madness in Wakefield, RI on May 12th and 990WBOB's Mondays on Blast at The Apartment on 373 Richmond Street in Providence on May 21st. There will surely be more shows from Vudu Sister in the future, but until then get yourself a copy of Vudu Sister's Bastard Children. It's a fantastic album that deserves to be listened to over and over and over again.
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After hearing about this at the Frenzy Presents event, I really wanted to read it!! A horror book that includes pictures from a real life asylum, talk about spooky!! Sixteen year old Dan is the main protagonist in this book. Dan leaves his house to go to New Hampshire College prep that is a summer program. Dan has never had any friends at school, so he was determined to make some at his summer program! He meets Abby and Jordan, and those three go on quite an adventure at school. They find hidden rooms at their school, and the decide to go in and explore. When they find weird and scary pictures of doctors and patients, Dan and Abby are determined to find out more.
To be honest, I didn't find this as creepy as I expected it to be. The story line wasn't that interesting, and nothing exciting ever came up at first. Later on, some shocking stuff did happen, and the book started picking it's pace up. The pictures in the book were pretty cool as well. I have to admit, there was a lot of confusing stuff here. I'm still not clear about what really happened in the end. I thought there would be a sequel, but it does not say so on goodreads. The characters were okay, nothing special. Also, there was a bit romance, but it didn't stand out for me either.
Overall, I just guess this book was bleh. Nothing great, nothing horrible either. I kind of think this turned out into a big mess in the end. I don't know if it's paranormal or fantasy or whatnot. Nothing was explained properly, and if there isn't a sequel, then how are we supposed to understand? If anyone is looking for a somewhat horror book, then I would recommend this one. I also thought it would be fit for a younger audience as well.
This book hasn't been receiving the best reviews, and it looks like you don't disagree, either. Everything just seems very meh, except for the pictures. Bland characters, dull romance.. I think I might have to skip this one. Thanks for the honest review though, Farah!
I've been seeing some bad reviews on this book but I find the pictures interesting. Thanks for the awesome review, Farah!
Gosh darn it, I've been obsessing over this one for weeks. So disappointed that this turned out to only be so-so. I'll probably still read it because I want to form my own opinion.
This book doesn't seem to be doing well which is a shame since the concept sounds good.
The author has mentioned that she's working on a sequel, so I don't think this is a standalone. I wasn't keen on it either. :( I agree that some things weren't clearly explained and that it wasn't that creepy either. Sorry that it didn't work for you, Farah, but great review as always!
I've seen a lot of blah reviews of this now, too bad. So many people say that it really wasn't creepy and that turns me off of it because it's obviously supposed to be scary. I think I'll skip this one. Hope your next read is better!


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Policy Economie Miscellaneous
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Government zero meeting.. Until the election?
| Monday 10 January 2022
Shadi Hileneh, "Akhbar al-Yawm" agency
The Shiite duo rejects any concession
The only achievement of the current prime minister, Najib Mikati, that he was able to form a government.
The serious work of The "Together to Rescue" government is taking place outside the meeting room. Another achievement of the government, the "waste of time".
Today, the announcement of the invitation of President Michel Aoun to the table of the "national dialogue", and before starting any dialogue, whether it will deal with the defense strategy or administrative and financial decentralization as items to be included on the agenda, requires asking about the feasibility of this dialogue, if it is held, it means that the common sense says to resume sessions interrupted for nearly two months, and restore regularity to the work of official institutions.
Maronite Patriarch Bshara al-Rahi has a concern about the disruption of government Sessions "by the power of influence" as he called it, considering that this is contrary to the Constitution.
In parallel, political parties express fear via "Akhbar al-Yawm" agency that the calculations of "Hezbollah" towards the disruption of the executive power, to prevent the loss of its current majority if the parliamentary elections take place.
Therefore, the government has a very important function, which is to conduct parliamentary elections. What happens from the disruption of the government meetings may overthrow that function, as we are less than five months away from the date of the elections, and instead of working to provide the appropriate conditions for conducting them, we see that some go far in striking ministerial solidarity and disrupting government work.
The indicator of all this seems to be that the Shiite duo, at least for now, continues to disrupt the meetings of the Council of ministers, rejecting any concession.
The House of Representatives, which is on the doors of the last five months of its current mandate includes deputies prosecuted by the judicial investigator in the explosion of Beirut port Tarek al-Bitar, have regained, without any cost or effort, since Thursday evening their parliamentary immunity preventing them from being arrested and taken to the investigation, which they refuse to appear before.
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NEW YORK (March 29, 2018)—International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced the expansion of the Firm's real estate finance capabilities with the arrival of partners Jeffrey Steiner, Scott Weinberg, Dino Fazlibegu and Robert Unger. The group will be based in the Firm's New York office with a focus on complex structured financial and real estate transactions.
Jeffrey Steiner will be the global leader of McDermott's Real Estate Finance Practice and a member of the Firm's Management Committee after most recently serving as Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Finance Practice, member of DLA's Executive Committee and former member of its Global Board. He has extensive experience representing Wall Street investment banks, institutional lenders and alternative capital providers in transactions involving fixed and floating rate financings, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, construction lending and mortgage-backed securities transactions.
Joining Jeffrey is partner Scott Weinberg who brings in-depth experience in all areas of real estate investment and financing transactions. He has represented both foreign and domestic institutional clients in highly complex mortgage and mezzanine loan transactions, as well as large acquisitions and dispositions. Scott is also known for counseling lenders in the origination and securitization of commercial mortgage loans.
Dino Fazlibegu is also an integral part of the team with over twenty years of experience advising on real estate investment and financing transactions. He is known for his ability to handle all types of loan originations, as well as providing strategic advice to clients in restructurings and workouts involving distressed properties.
Rounding out the group is Robert ("Bob") Unger, who concentrates on the corporate components of the group's matters, repurchase, warehouse and other liquidity facilities for its lending clients and other structured real estate transactions and real estate M&A, including for public companies. His clients include financial institutions, private equity firms, mortgage REIT's, investment opportunity funds and other institutional investors in real estate. Bob has extensive experience in joint ventures and their financing to acquire, manage and trade performing and non-performing loan portfolios, and regularly counsels clients on an array of matters, including portfolio management, asset acquisitions and dispositions, and all aspects of asset-based finance.
McDermott provides clients a complete service offering for their real estate acquisition, operation, leasing, financing and development needs. The team handles matters spanning from the structuring of large, complex acquisitions through development and ultimate disposition. McDermott's real estate client base is diverse and includes developers, lenders, operators, private owners and real estate investment trusts (REITs), and landlords and tenants in all facets of office, commercial, retail and industrial leasing transactions.


SERGE GNABRY has extended his contract with Bayern Munich until 2023.
The former Arsenal striker, 23, claimed he is determined to "win many titles" with the German giants after he penned the long-term deal.
Gnabry has cemented his spot in Bayern's first-team this season, scoring eight goals in 29 competitive appearances.
His deal was due to expire in 2020, but Niko Kovac's side have managed to tie him down for an extra three years.
After the news was announced, Gnabry said: "I feel really good here. I have a lot of fun with this team.
"I hope to win many titles and enjoy great moments. I'm looking forward to a good future with Bayern Munich.
"Personally, I am currently doing very well, but I know that I still have potential and need to develop further."
Sports Director Hasan Salihamidzic added: "We are happy that we tied Serge to FC Bayern in the long term.
"He has taken a big step forward in his first season with us.
"Sergie is one of our young savages and an important part of FC Bayern der Zukunft. We are confident that we will have a lot with him."
Gnabry came through Stuttgart's youth ranks before he completed his switch to Arsenal in 2011.
The German star spent five years with the North London club before he moved to Werder Bremen in 2016 for £4 million.
Bayern snapped him up in 2017, but he was shipped out on loan for the 2017/18 season to Hoffenheim.
After an impressive season at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena, he was given his chance to impress Kovac this term.


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Thank you for your patience regarding the taster Art Therapy session I will be offering.
The organisers of the health event at the Glyndon Community Centre have scaled down the amount of different services that will be available on the day.
I have been invited to offer my Art therapy taster at another time.
Monica Gobourne London UK I am an Art Psychotherapist based in Greenwich South London, all enquiries 07762782114. Groups and individual sessions offered. Workshops, experiential groups.


Knockalongy South-West Top is the third highest mountain in the Ox Mountains area and the 504th highest in Ireland.
Picture from sandman : Summit Area with Knockalongy in background.
Picture: Summit Area with Knockalongy in background.


RESEARCH QUESTION What is the influence of fashion bloggers in the selection process of fashion trends? SUB-QUESTIONS 1. What are fashion blogs? And how can they be categorized? 2. What makes fashion blogs popular? And how credible are they? 3. The fashion selection process: how does it work? 4. What influence of fashion blogs can be seen in the two selected product trends?


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Illegal murders in Auschwitz
WWII specialist Kevin Prenger wrote: 'A Judge in Auschwitz' about SS judge Konrad Morgen. In 1943, this judge paid a visit to concentration camp Auschwitz in order to investigate malpractices in the camp – as strange as it may sound. The occasion was a parcel, sent from the camp and containing chunks of gold and which was intercepted by customs. In the camp, Morgen discovered this smuggling affair was the tip of an iceberg: camp guards in their masses were guilty of theft and corruption. Whereas in the gas chambers of Nazi-Germany millions of Jews are being killed, Morgen is engaged in gathering evidence of 'illegal' murders. The Dutch History website Historiek.net questioned author Kevin Prenger about his remarkable book.
You wrote a book about a German judge who investigated malpractices in Auschwitz. Regarding the vast number of crimes that were committed there, this seems a little odd. How serious was Konrad Morgen' s investigation?
The investigation into crimes in Auschwitz, conducted by Konrad Morgen was launched in the fall of 1943. Six months before, he had already been sent to concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar by SS leader Heinrich Himmler in order to investigate indications of fraud by the leadership of the camp. He discovered that camp commander Karl Koch and other members of the staff were guilty of serious corruption. Koch for instance had blackmailed inmates by threatening them with corporal punishment and had them pay for their release. Heinrich Himmler vehemently rejected that kind of self-enrichment because members of his SS were expected to serve only the interests of the Führer and of the Nazi state. As a result of this investigation by Morgen, Koch was sentenced to death by an SS court and executed on April 5, 1945 by an SS firing squad.
Morgen's investigation into corruption covered several camps, including Auschwitz. Here, the camp staff mainly enriched itself with the possessions of the Jews who were being gassed by their masses in the camp. Morgen mainly managed to get lower ranking camp guards sentenced but he failed for instance to get camp commander Höss prosecuted.
Leaders of other camps were punished though but in many cases, Himmler had them transferred to the front instead of serving their sentence. Hence you can't say Morgen's investigations were just for kicks because some employees of the camps were actually punished but his work was mostly intended to combat greedy camp employees and not to protect inmates.
How did you get to this subject?
While reading books about the Holocaust, I sometimes came across Konrad Morgen. I found it intriguing that within a criminal organization such as the SS something like justice did exist. Most remarkable was Morgen's investigation into 'illegal' murders in the camps. In places where inmates died like flies from maltreatment, exhaustion and diseases and where in Auschwitz, some one million Jews were being systematically murdered in the gas chambers, there was someone around who was engaged in murder investigation. After the war Morgen himself claimed he had prosecuted members of the camp staff in order to stop the mass murders, something which was believed by American historian and Hitler biographer John Toland. He considered the SS-judge a forgotten hero. This claim seemed interesting enough to me to investigate further. I saw similarities with Kurt Gerstein, the SS officer who attempted to alert the world to the Holocaust but who at the same time was involved in the delivery of the Zyklon-B gas used in the Auschwitz gas chambers. Earlier on, I wrote a book about him 'The Messenger from Hell'. Was Morgen just like Gerstein someone who came in conflict with his conscience and attempted to do something against this gross injustice?
How did Morgen distinguish between illegal and legal murders?
'Illegal' murders were those for which no permission was given by higher up. In Auschwitz for instance there were camp employees who maltreated inmates, often resulting in death without official orders. In Buchenwald, Morgen discovered that Koch had inmates killed so they couldn't testify against him, making these murders 'illegal' as well. This definition didn't cover the mass murder of the Jews as Hitler had ordered this. Orders by or on behalf of Hitler were the law in Nazi-Germany. Hence, it was possible that Morgen conducted investigations into murders committed by camp guards on their own initiative while on the other hand the mass murder continued uninterrupted. Sourly enough, this train of thought was adopted during the post-war cases against Auschwitz camp employees in Frankfurt am Main in the sixties. Morgen testified then that the gassing of Jews was 'simply following orders' but executions were also carried out on personal initiative.
Partly based on Morgen's information, camp guards Wilhelm Boger and Joseph Klehr were pronounced guilty of multiple cases of murder on their own initiative and were sentenced to life imprisonment. Camp guards who had been involved in the mass murder but weren't guilty of individual crimes, got away with far lighter penalties.
How did Konrad Morgen get into the SS and was he a convinced anti-Semite?
In his own words, Morgen ended up in the SS almost automatically. He was a member already of a National socialist sports movement and following the seizure of power by the Nazis in January 1933 he was automatically taken up in the Allgemeine-SS. I think though he enrolled voluntarily regarding his career opportunities. He studied law and, being the ambitious lawyer he was, he could forget about a career in Germany if he didn't join the Nazis. Shortly after his appointment in the SS, he enrolled in the Nazi party. I failed to find any proof of sympathy with the anti-Semitism of the party although he never spoke against it in public. His support of the Nazis though was stronger than he admitted after the war. In a book he wrote in 1939 about war propaganda and the prevention of war, he rejected pacifism and made a plea for the Nazi movement that in his view, would save the nation by hard work — not by war. He wasn't a fanatic Nazi either but more of an opportunist. Yet again, he was no uncritical peddler. Because of his sense of justice, he often came into conflict with those in power. During his career he was fired twice for marching out of step. Once, Himmler would even have threatened to lock him up in a concentration camp. Hence, Konrad Morgen is a person you can't label easily and that makes him so interesting to me.
What was Morgen's motivation to lay the behavior of camp guards under the microscope?
In my opinion a combination of ambition, a sense of duty and of justice. In his report about the corruption in Buchenwald, you can read a genuine condemnation of how camp inmates were being maltreated. It went straight against his sense of justice that German citizens, without any form of trial, were being subjected to the whims of sadistic guards in a concentration camp. Apart from that, he just did what he had to do, just like men such as Adolf Eichmann and Rudolph Höss did. At the end of the day, he was a functionary, a part of the criminal system and certainly no independent 'crime fighter' engaging Nazi criminals on his own.
By fighting corruption he even contributed to the fact that money and other valuables didn't end up in the pockets of camp guards but in the treasury of the state. A plea in his favor is that he seems never to have been guilty of self-enrichment or maltreatment of inmates. In that sense, he was an exception in the corrupt world of the concentration camps. Hitler himself though, has never been guilty of self-enrichment or maltreatment so that doesn't exonerate Morgen in any way.
How was Konrad Morgen judged after the war?
After the war, he was subpoenaed twice by a so-called Spruchkammer, a court which specialized in denazification cases in post-war Germany. Nazi criminals and their henchmen had to be separated from the Mittläufer (peddlers) and insignificant party members. The first time, Morgen managed to convince the court that during the war he had only acted to protect inmates against violent camp guards and he was acquitted as some sort of resistance fighter. The second time, he was designated a Mittläufer, someone who followed the Nazis but wasn't guilty of Nazi crimes himself. Three times, the German judiciary opened a criminal case against him but he was acquitted every time. Hence, Morgen was never pronounced guilty oof Nazi crimes.
Initially he was given a hero status as mentioned before but today, that opinion isn't shared most of the time. Morgen is often considered a cog in the system, a willing follower of Hitler. In my view, this opinion doesn't quite justify his role, although it is closer to the truth than John Toland's version. Even though Morgen attempted to introduce some justice in the camp system, within the rotten Nazi state, this was unachievable.
A Judge in Auschwitz
Konrad Morgen's Crusade Against SS Corruption & 'Illegal' Murder
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Source: Historiek.net / Translated by: Arnold W. Palthe
Published on: 20-10-2021 20:03:36
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Is Yamnaya overrated?
Four years after the publication of the seminal ancient DNA paper Massive migration from the steppe is a source for Indo-European languages in Europe by Haak et al., we're still waiting for some of its loose ends to be finally tied up with new samples. In particular...
- if the men of the Corded Ware culture (CWC) were, by and large, derived from the population of the Yamnaya culture, then where are the Yamnaya samples with R1a-M417, the main CWC Y-haplogroup?
- if the men of the Bell Beaker culture (BBC) were also, by and large, derived from the population of the Yamnaya culture, then where are the Yamnaya samples with R1b-P312, the main BBC Y-haplogroup?
- and, most crucially, if R1b-L51, which includes R1b-P312, and is nowadays by far the most important Y-haplogroup in Western Europe, arrived there from the Pontic-Caspian steppe, then why hasn't it yet appeared in any of the ancient DNA from this part of Eastern Europe or surrounds, except of course in samples that are too young to be relevant?
I'm certainly not suggesting that, in hindsight, the said paper now looks fundamentally flawed. In fact, I'd say that it has aged remarkably well, especially considering how fast things are moving in the field of ancient genomics.
But those loose ends really need tying up, one way or another. It's now time.
So someone out there, please, let us know finally if you have the relevant Yamnaya samples. And if you don't, that's OK too, just tell us what you do have. Indeed, it'd be nice know a few basic details about the thousands of samples that have been successfully sequenced in various labs and are waiting to be published. A lot of people would appreciate it.
Corded Ware as an offshoot of Hungarian Yamnaya (Anthony 2017)
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Labels: ancient DNA, Bell Beaker culture, Corded Ware Culture, Indo-European, Proto-Indo-European, R1a-M417, R1b-L51, R1b-M269, R1b-P312, R1b-U106, R1b-Z2103, Usatovo culture, Usatovo daggers, Western Europe, Yamna, Yamnaya
Y-haplogroup R1a and mental health
I've updated my map of pre-Corded Ware culture R1a samples with a couple of new entries from Central and South Asia (the original is still here). However, before any of you get overly excited, please note that these samples aren't older than the Corded Ware culture. The reason I added them to my map is to counter the ongoing absurd claims online that South Asian R1a isn't derived from European R1a.
Just in case the map can't be viewed in all of its glory in some devices, here's what the fine print says:
The oldest example of R1a in ancient DNA from Central Asia is dated to 2132-1940 calBCE (ID I3770, Narasimhan 2019). Moreover, this sequence is closely related to much older R1a samples from Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, and phylogenetically nested within their diversity. Thus, it must surely represent a population expansion from Europe to Central Asia. Indeed, it's also associated with the Bronze Age Andronovo archeological culture, which is usually seen as an offshoot of the Corded Ware culture (CWC) of Late Neolithic Europe. The vast majority of present-day R1a lineages in Central Asia are closely related to that of I3770, and so must also ultimately derive from Europe.
The oldest instance of R1a in ancient DNA from South Asia is dated to just 1044-922 calBCE (ID I12457, Narasimhan 2019). This sequence, as well as the vast majority of present-day South Asian R1a lineages, are closely related to much older R1a samples from Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, and phylogenetically nested within their diversity. Thus, they must surely represent a population expansion from Europe to South Asia via Central Asia, in all likelihood during the Bronze Age. Even if R1a existed in South Asia before the Bronze Age, which is extremely unlikely, because it's found in samples from indigenous European hunter-gatherers, the vast majority of present-day R1a lineages in South Asia must be ultimately from Europe.
The idea that most, if not all, South Asian R1a is derived from European R1a seriously scares a lot of people. This is obvious in many online discussions on the topic. I suspect they're so frightened by it because, in their minds, it has the potential to encourage discrimination and even racism, perhaps by re-defining the colonization of much of the world by European nations in the recent past as the natural order of things?
In any case, clearly we're dealing with some sort of mass phobia here. I've got advice for those of you suffering from this problem: if you're honestly worried that the geographic provenance and expansion history of some Y-haplogroup is going to negatively impact on your life in any meaningful way, then it's time to find yourself a quality mental health professional. All the best with that.
The Poltavka outlier
Labels: ancient DNA, Central Asia, Corded Ware Culture, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, India, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Iranian, oldest R1a, paternal ancestry, Pontic-Caspian steppe, R1a, R1a origin, R1a-M417, R1a-Z645, R1a-Z93, South Asia
On the surprising genetic origins of the Harappan people (Shinde et al. 2019)
The long awaited paper with ancient DNA from the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) site of Rakhigarhi has finally arrived. Courtesy of Shinde et al. at Current Biology:
An ancient Harappan genome lacks ancestry from Steppe pastoralists or Iranian farmers
The bad news is that the paper features just one low coverage IVC genome, and it belongs to a female, so there's no Y-haplogroup. However, importantly, this individual is very similar to genetic outliers from Bronze Age West and Central Asia known as Indus_Periphery. So much so, in fact, that they could easily be from the same gene pool.
This, of course, gives strong support to the idea that Indus_Periphery is a useful stand-in for the real IVC population (see here).
Surprisingly, despite being largely of West Eurasian origin, the IVC people possibly didn't harbor any ancestry from the Neolithic farmers of the Fertile Crescent or even the Iranian Plateau.
That's because, according to Shinde et al., their West Eurasian ancestors separated genetically from those of the early Holocene populations of what is now western and northern Iran around 12,000 BCE. In other words, well before the advent of agriculture.
This surely complicates matters for those arguing that Indo-European languages may have arrived in the Indian subcontinent with early farmers via the Iranian Plateau. The more widely accepted theory is that Indo-European languages spread into South Asia with Bronze Age pastoralists from the Eurasian steppes. See here...
Update 05/09/2019: I had a quick look at the ancient Rakhigarhi individual with qpAdm, just to confirm for myself that she was indeed largely of West Eurasian origin and practically indistinguishable from Indus_Periphery. The genotype data that I used are freely available here.
IND_Rakhigarhi_BA
IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N 0.711±0.065
Onge 0.232±0.067
RUS_Tyumen_HG 0.057±0.059
Indus_Periphery
IND_Rakhigarhi_BA 0.946±0.074
This does appear to be the case, although it's also obvious that my models are missing something important because their statistical fits are rather poor. I'm guessing the main problem is trying to use the Onge people of the Andaman Islands as a proxy for the indigenous foragers of the Indian subcontinent.
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Labels: Andronovo, Dravidian, Eurasian steppe, farming, Harappa, India, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indus Valley Civilization, Iranian Plateau, IVC, R1a-M417, R1a-Z93, Rakhigarhi, Sintashta, South Asia
Commoner or elite?
I recently started looking at the correlations between Y-chromosome haplogroups and social standing in ancient Europe, and was surprised by what I learned about the five currently sampled prehistoric Scandinavians belonging to Y-haplogroup R1b. I certainly wasn't expecting to uncover these stories about a mass human sacrifice, a bog body, and an Arctic circle warrior:
- The earliest Scandinavian in the ancient DNA record belonging to R1b comes from a grave site in what is now northern Norway (VK531, Margaryan et al. 2019). This individual has a genome-wide profile similar to that of local Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, but is dated to just ~2,400 BCE. During this time, Scandinavia was dominated by a "new" population associated with the Battle-Axe culture (BAC), with high levels of ancestry from the steppes of Eastern Europe. Since VK531 wasn't buried with any BAC grave goods, and indeed with no grave goods at all, it's possible that he may have been from a remnant forager population that was displaced and ultimately forced into extinction.
- R1b-U106 is today by far the most common R1b subclade in Scandinavia, but it's not yet clear how it managed to attain this status. Was it perhaps through elite dominance? The earliest ancient individual belonging to R1b-U106 is dated to 2275-2032 calBCE and comes from a Late Neolithic, likely post-BAC burial ground in what is now Sweden (RISE98, Lilla Beddinge, grave 49, southern skeleton, Allentoft et al. 2015). However, RISE98 wasn't buried in any way that would suggest he was an individual of high social standing. In fact, he was found in a mass grave, along with two other adults and two infants, possibly representing a human sacrifice. The only artefact in the grave was a bone needle. More details are available here.
- During the Nordic Bronze Age it became customary for Scandinavian elites to be laid to rest in richly furnished barrows, while commoners were buried in flat graves with few or no offerings. Human remains recovered from a "commoner" flat grave cemetery dated to the Early Bronze Age near the present-day city of Aalborg, northern Denmark, included the skeleton of a male belonging to Y-haplogroup R1b-M269 (RISE47, grave 3, skeleton 8, Allentoft et al. 2015). Keep in mind, however, that this might have been another case of an ancient Scandinavian R1b-U106 if not for missing data. A flint dagger was found alongside one of the skeletons in this cemetery, but RISE47 wasn't accompanied by any grave goods (see here).
- One of the most amazing archeological discoveries made in Scandinavia is the Trundholm Sun Chariot. Found in a peat bog on the island of Zealand, Denmark, in 1902, it's thought to be an Indo-European religious artefact dating back to the Nordic Bronze Age; a representation of a horse pulling the sun and perhaps also the moon in a spoked wheel chariot. Another important discovery in a peat bog near Trundholm dating to the Nordic Bronze Age was the body of a man belonging to R1b-M269 (RISE276, Trundholm mose II, bog find 1940, Allentoft et al. 2015). However, chances are slim that RISE276 was a charioteer or, say, a spiritual guru who accidentally drowned in the bog. Most Danish bog bodies are thought to have belonged to sacrificial victims or executed criminals.
- Interestingly, the earliest likely Scandinavian warrior belonging to R1b, and also R1b-U106, is from an early Iron Age burial in present-day northwestern Norway (VK418, Margaryan et al. 2019). This site isn't quite as far north as the grave of the above mentioned VK531, but it's still well within the Arctic circle. Apparently, VK418 was buried with some impressive weapons, potentially of "eastern origin", including a shield, spearheads and a sword. Who knows, he may even have been an elite warrior for his time and place?
The other two main Scandinavian Y-haplogroups, I1a and R1a, haven't yet been found in prehistoric Nordic remains from such, shall we say, depressing burials. That's not to say, of course, that they won't be sooner or later. RISE175, from Allentoft et al. 2015, is currently the only individual who fits the bill as a representative of the Nordic Bronze Age elite. He was buried in a barrow grave in what is now southwest Sweden and probably belongs to Y-haplogroup I1a. That's not much to go on, but perhaps it's a sign of things to come?
Isotopes vs ancient DNA in prehistoric Scandinavia
Who were the people of the Nordic Bronze Age?
They came, they saw, and they mixed
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Enrique Juncosa (nacido en Palma de Mallorca en 1961) es un poeta español.

Biografía

Sus primeros libros estuvieron influidos por el llamado neo barroco latinoamericano, especialmente por la obra de los escritores José Lezama Lima y Severo Sarduy. Posteriormente su obra se vuelve impresionista y recientemente alterna el tono místico con los juegos conceptuales.

Juncosa es también un conocido crítico de arte y comisario de exposiciones. De 2003 a 2011 fue director del Museo Irlandés de Arte Moderno en Dublín. Anteriormente, fue subdirector del Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno en Valencia y del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía en Madrid. Ha escrito sobre la obra de numerosos artistas entre ellos Miquel Barceló, Terry Winters, Gerad Byrne, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Joan Miro, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Clemente, Juan Uslé, Dorothy Cross, Panamarenko, Michael Craig-Martin, Miroslaw Balka o Bhuppen Khakhar.

Publicaciones

Poesía

 Amanecer zulú (1986)
 Pastoral con cebras (1990)
 Libro del océano (1991, ilustrado por Miquel Barceló)
 Peces de colores (1996)
 Las espirales naranja (2002)
 Bahía de las banderas (2007).
 La destrucción del invierno (2013)

Ensayo

 Caravel, una revista de literatura norteamericana publicada en Mallorca en los años 30 (2000)
 Miquel Barceló o el sentimiento del tiempo (2003)
 Las adicciones. Ensayos sobre arte contemporáneo (2006)
 Writers on Howard Hodgkin (ed)(2006)
 The Moderns, The Arts in Ireland from 1900s to 1960s. (ed. con Christina Kennedy), (2011)
 The Irish Years, Selected writings (2013)

Narrativa

Los hedonistas (2014)

Poetas de España
Nacidos en Palma de Mallorca


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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Zoo has launched a camera to allow the public to watch 11-week-old mountain lion cubs who were recently orphaned in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The cubs, two males and one female, are approximately nine weeks old and arrived at the zoo in late January. The cubs were born in South Dakota, and found by game officials with the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
After realizing the cubs' mother was deceased, officials worked to find a permanent home for the litter. The female cub will eventually be relocated to a zoo in Waco, Texas later this summer.
Mountain lions once roamed most of the United States, including Oklahoma, but now the largest populations inhabit the western U.S.
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Better not be lying on that application to the University of California
by Frances Dinkelspiel Feb. 01, 2010, 6:39 a.m. October 4, 2022
You better not be lying on that application to UC.
If you've formed a new high school group to gather books for a low-income school, or started your own Edible Schoolyard – and extolled your accomplishments – you may find yourself being investigated by the university system.
In an attempt to quantify the accuracy of the approximately 100,000 freshman applications to UC, a team of auditors reviews the veracity of randomly selected applications, according to a story in The Mercury News. In January, the UC investigation team, based in Concord sent letters to 1,000 applicants asking for proof of their stated accomplishments.
"With a deadline on Monday for students to mail back proof, the office gets daily deliveries of a wide and colorful array of evidence from those who have been challenged," wrote Lisa M Krieger in the Mercury News. "There are photos, certificates and DVDs, theater playbills, pay stubs and newspaper articles.
"One young man sent a wood and brass plaque," proving he did indeed win an athletic award, said sleuth Mary Jacobson, a soft-spoken and meticulous woman who leads the four-member team.
Someone sent in a diploma as proof — written in Chinese. A French translator verified another student's claim that he graduated from a Toulouse-based language immersion school.
"We expect integrity," said Han Mi Yoon-Wu, admissions coordinator for the 10-campus university system. Although falsification is not a major problem, she said, "students need to know that they might be selected, and they should make sure that everything on the application is accurate."
While most of those investigated eventually send enough information to show that they did, indeed, do what they said, ever year a few cannont.
In 2008, the Los Angeles Times reported a student l was asked to prove that she was a volunteer coach for a soccer team of younger girls. "She responded that she could not find the soccer officials who could confirm the claim. So UC officials wrote again, suggesting that a letter from a team member's parent would do, as would some printed material from the league. After no further response, the application was canceled and the student was never heard from again," according to the Times.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that he wants U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to personally investigate the domestic terrorism and civil rights abuses that happened in Charlottesville on Saturday.
Graham, during an unrelated press conference, went further and called upon the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security to see if white supremacy groups are on the rise in the country.
"This is an opportunity for the Trump administration to come down like a hammer on white supremacists and I hope they do," Graham said at the press conference early Tuesday.
Graham was critical of Trump's initial statement on Saturday that blamed both sides for the deadly violence between white supremacist groups and counterprotestors that left 19 injured and one person dead. He added Trump's remarks condemning the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis on Monday were an improvement.
"As I said previously, some of these groups believe they have a friend in Donald Trump. Donald Trump's job is to dissuade them," Graham added.
Sessions denounced the Charlottesville incident as an "evil" act of domestic terrorism and announced a federal civil rights investigation on Monday.
"You can be sure we will charge and advance the investigation toward the most serious charges that can be brought, because this is an unequivocally unacceptable and evil attack that cannot be accepted in America," Sessions said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Later on Tuesday, Trump pivoted back to his original remarks on Saturday and said there is "blame on both sides" over the Charlottesville violence that was spawned by a "Unite the Right" rally protesting the pending removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
"You had a group on one side and the other, and they came at each other with clubs, and it was vicious and horrible. It was a horrible thing to watch," Trump said. "There is another side. There was a group on this side, you can call them the left. You have just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. You can say what you want. That's the way it is."
Former KKK leader David Duke, who endorsed Trump for president, praised Trump in a tweet referencing the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-fascists, "Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa."
Earlier in the week, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster vehemently condemned the deadly violence that rocked Charlottesville and said there was no place for it.
"I think racism, that kind of hatred, that kind of violence is off the scale," McMaster said. "We have no sympathy and no tolerance for that kind of nonsense and violence and hatred. It's absurd in this country at this time. It's absurd."
UPDATED: Graham sent out a new statement Wednesday morning saying Trump's Tuesday comments are "dividing Americans, not healing them."
"Through his statements yesterday, President Trump took a step backward by again suggesting there is moral equivalency between the white supremacist neo-Nazis and KKK members who attended the Charlottesville rally and people like Ms. Heyer. I, along with many others, do not endorse this moral equivalency," Graham said.
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After the success of G-SHOCK's "Glacier Gold" collection, Casio is taking the see-through design to four of the label's classic timepieces in a '90s-inspired twist.
Inspired by retro designs and elevated with contemporary versatility, all models in the capsule are crafted from see-through plastic throughout the band, face and the rear. The DW-5600 and DW-6900 are offered in muted grey hues, while the GA-400 model is available in neon yellow and pink faces.
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Showtime, a morning (pre-noontime according to wikipedia) variety show of ABS-CBN that highlights the Filipino talents, had its first ever grand finals yesterday, July 24, 2010 in the jam-packed Ynares Gym in Antipolo. The show featured 11 groups of talented Filipinos, who won the monthly finals or has been chosen as wild cards. From dancing, to acrobatics and black lights, the finale was unlike any other. Each performance came from the heart. Passion and hunger for the grand prize was evident in each of the faces of the contestants.
The hurados (judges), 40 of them during the finals (38 burado judges have been brought back; Vice Ganda and Jhong Hilario completed the line up), had a difficult time deciding who will take home 1 million pesos. Anne Curtis and Vhong Navarro, the hosts, couldn't give anything but praises to all the finalists.
The third place goes to Boyz Unlimited dancers from Pangasinan. They are actually my bet for the grand prize. The precision and sharpness of their movements and stunts just left me in awe. It actually reminded me of the Philippine All Stars.


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Get Ready: W.M.S. Talent Show is Coming Soon!
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The W.M.S. talent show is coming! On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, in the West cafeteria, students will have the opportunity to showcase their many talents. Only $5 to watch, the talent show allows all students, regardless of age, gender, or skill level to celebrate themselves and others.
The W.M.S. talent show embraces all students and helps them grow along with their talents. "I think that any opportunity to perform publicly really helps [students] grow," Says Ms. Grady, who has been helping to run the talent show for about 5 years. "It gives you confidence, it helps to really put yourself out there. It takes a lot of courage to do that."
To join the talent show, students go through quite a process. First, they fill out an application. "If they sing they have to have lyrics [on the application], things like that," states Mrs. Hedge, who has been helping to run the talent show for over 13 years. After that, they come to try-outs, and students receive letters home telling them if they made the talent show or not. Then, a rehearsal is held a week after that. Another week after is the dress rehearsal and the talent show all in the same day.
Everyone who participates in the talent show says it's an occasion to remember. Mrs. Hedge and Ms. Grady both think of the talent show as a "Highlight to my year." Most students who performed in the talent show come back to perform for the rest of their time in middle school.
The W.M.S. talent show has an efficient and exciting schedule. "Usually between 20-25 acts, it takes about an hour and a half to two hours," Says Mrs. Hedge. "Each of the different acts performs. We usually have an MC who comes on and introduces each act." All West Middle School Students can watch the talent show, as well as participate. It costs only $5 to watch in the W.M.S. cafeteria.
The talent show is an excellent way for all of West Middle School to be proud of themselves. With the help of Mrs. Hedge, Ms. Grady, and the West students who participate, the 2019 talent show is going to be extraordinary. We hope to see you there!
6 Responses to "Get Ready: W.M.S. Talent Show is Coming Soon!"
Daphne fisher on December 18th, 2018 12:53 pm
What time will the talent show be at? is it during school hours or after school?
Brooklynn Stockton on December 21st, 2018 12:43 pm
where do you get the application for the talent show?
Elly lepage on January 24th, 2019 10:53 am
can u do what u want to do your like what the teach said u need to do
Evan da Chicken on January 24th, 2019 11:02 am
Can you do anything else than sing?
zander on February 8th, 2019 12:44 pm
is it after on during school
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba was born August 5, 1987, in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was a mystery. At the time, a land suffering from drought and hunger. But William read about windmills and dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village. A set of luxuries that only 2% of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him "misala", meaning "crazy," but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a pile of science textbooks, scrap metal, and an armory of curiosity, he embarked on a daring plan. William forges an unlikely contraption and a small miracle that would change the lives around him for the better.
With a pile of science textbooks, scrap metal, and an armory of curiosity, he embarked on a daring plan.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about a young STEMist's inventiveness and his power to overcome crippling adversity. It inspires anyone who doubts the power of creativity and an individual's ability to change a whole community to better the lives of those around him.
Ironically, Kamkwamba's story of tremendous engineering achievement begins with him being kicked out of school. Kamkwamba's parents were unable to pay his $80 annual tuition fee and remain afloat during the deadly Malawi famine of 2002. During the famine, several hundred Malawians died of hunger. No longer bound to the classroom, Kamkwamba stole away from his family's maize and tobacco fields for a time in his town's library. There, he checked out the English-language textbook entitled Using Energy, emblazoned with a windmill on the cover.
A remarkable true story about a young STEMist's inventiveness and his power to overcome crippling adversity.
Kamkwamba knew what he wanted to do: Bring electricity and water to better his village. But without money for fuel, Kamkwamba didn't immediately know how to achieve this near-impossible dream. Only 1% of Malawi's rural population had access to electricity. Despite his shaky grasp of English at the time, Kamkwamba pieced together the information in the wind power textbook and set off to recreate the cover's image as best he could.
While his friends were in class, Kamkwamba scavenged materials for his windmill from the scrap yard near his former school. To his neighbors watching outside, Kamkwamba appears to be unhinged. They call him "misala," or crazy.
They call him "misala," or crazy.
"When I was making the windmill, all these people were mocking me that I was driven mad, but I had confidence in what I was doing because I knew if it was written in the books then it was true and possible to get it done. When I succeeded they were all impressed." Kamkwamba explained to the Malawi Daily Times in 2006.
Kamkwamba's first windmill was able to power four lights, an achievement on its own.
Kamkwamba's father struggled to wrap his mind around the concepts that came so naturally to his son. Despite facing skepticism, Kamkwamba ended up constructing a windmill using scrap metal, PVC pipe, and parts from tractors and bicycles. Kamkwamba's first windmill was able to power four lights, an achievement on its own.
The first windmill built by William Kamkwamba powered four lights.
But it's the second windmill that still towers today in the village of Wimbe, a testament to one boy's ingeniousness and can-do spirit. In addition to providing electricity, this tall windmill powers a deep well that set free Wimbe's farmers reliance purely on the weather.
The newer windmill that still stands today powers electricity and a deep well.
"With a windmill, I could stay awake at night reading my books instead of going to bed at 7 with the rest of Malawi," Kamkwamba wrote in his 2009 book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. "With a windmill, we had finally released ourselves from the troubles of darkness and hunger. A windmill or turbine meant more than just power, it was freedom."
"I had confidence in what I was doing because I knew if it was written in the books then it was true and possible to get it done."
In 2006, four years after construction, Kamkwamba's makeshift windmill attracted the attention of local journalists. A feature story in the Malawi Daily Times proclaimed, "School Dropout With a Streak of Genius." After this accomplishment, Kamkwamba still hadn't been able to return to school. But thanks to increased media coverage, a government official arranged for Kamkwamba's education to be paid for through high school. In 2007, Kamkwamba's story reached a global scale. He was the star of a TED conference hosted in Arusha, Tanzania. There, Kamkwamba met Ted Rielly, the New York-based TED community director who helped him through his college education.
"With a windmill, we had finally released ourselves from the troubles of darkness and hunger. A windmill or turbine meant more than just power, it was freedom."
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Kamkwamba's achievements took him away from his 60-family home village of Wimbe. His 2009 book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, spent weeks on best-seller list and became mandatory reading for incoming freshmen at the University of Florida and the University of Michigan. In 2014, he graduated from Dartmouth University. By the time he was 31, he had a motion picture and a documentary made about him. And, of course, he made Time Magazine's "30 Under 30" List.
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But no matter how far he traveled, Kamkwamba's goal was always to return to Malawi and better his community. Even while he was in college in New Hampshire, Kamkwamba's mind was on Malawi. As a 24-year-old engineering student, Kamkwamba was paying for the private school of his four sisters, a cousin, a friend, and some neighbors out of his own pocket. He also founded a soccer team and launched a fundraiser to rebuild the local school. "What I am always thinking about is how I can apply what I am learning here to help my people at home," Kamkwamba told the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine in 2011 when he was a freshman.
Kamkwamba was paying for the private school of his four sisters, a cousin, a friend, and some neighbors out of his own pocket.
Kamkwamba lives up to his promise. It should come as no surprise to hear that Kamkwamba has continued his philanthropic goals. His nonprofit, Moving Windmills, is devoted to pursuing educational and developmental projects in Malawi.
Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba Story
William Kamkwamba's 2009 Ted Talk
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