The purpose of this research project was to explore the influences during fieldwork on preservice teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. An embedded, mixed-methods design was used to examine both qualitative and quantitative data. Preservice teachers completed the Opinions Relative to the Integration of Students with Disabilities (Antonak & Larrivee, 1995) survey before beginning full-time student teaching. This survey measured their attitudes towards the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. In addition, student teachers completed the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran & Hoy, 2001) prior to their full time student teaching. During the qualitative, explanatory phase, observational, artifact, and interview data were examined from selected participants in their student teaching practicum. Participants for the qualitative phase were selected based on their initial scores on the Opinions Relative to the Integration of Students with Disabilities survey. Three special educators and three general educators who scored lowest on the scale, indicating negative attitudes about inclusive practices, were chosen to participate in the qualitative exploration. In addition, three special educators and three general educators who scored highest on the scale, indicating support for inclusion, were chosen to complete the qualitative participant group. Finally, after student teaching was completed, all participants were administered both surveys again to determine changes in attitudes responsive to their student teaching experience. Findings indicated that preservice teacher attitudes changed significantly after student teaching and that there were significant differences between special education and general education participants. Although preservice teachers' self-efficacy significantly increased after fieldwork, their self-efficacy was not correlated to their attitudes about inclusion. The participants' attitudes before student teaching accounted for most of their attitudes after student teaching, although the preservice teachers indicated their cooperating teacher was also very influential. Personal experience with individuals with disabilities and type of disability, severity of disability, and age of the student were all influencing factors of the preservice teachers' attitudes about inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Overall, participants' attitudes fell along a continuum, with some preservice teachers ambivalent or undecided, while others were negative or positive about inclusive practices.
Huber, Jennifer J., "INFLUENCES DURING STUDENT TEACHING ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM" (2009). All Dissertations. 1268.


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COME IN STRANGER
DADDY SANG BASS
DELIA'S GONE
DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN
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ONE PIECE AT A TIME
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Subject: Johnny Cash singing in German
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 10:08 PM
Did you know Johnny Cash recorded some songs in German? Here are a few recordings at YouTube:
WER KENNT DEN WEG? (Who knows the way?) – a version of I WALK THE LINE
WO IST ZUHAUSE, MAMA (Where Is Home, Mama?) - a version of FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING
VIEL ZU SPÄT (Much Too Late) – a version of I GOT STRIPES
There are more, which you can find by following links.
I don't know enough German to transcribe them.
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I believe Johnny Cash was stationed in Germany during the Korean War era and was a trained radio operator. His job was to monitor Russian language broadcasts and record suspicious statements. His first wife was Mexican.
That means The Man In Black was probably fluent in Russian, Spanish, German and English.
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 02 Apr 12 - 12:22 AM
John R. Cash enlisted in the USAF in 1950 and took basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex and then Radio Intercept Operaton Training at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi in 1950-1951.
Upon graduation, he was assigned to the 12th Radio Squadron Mobile (USAFSS) at Landsberg Air Base. Germany as a Radio Intercept Operator (Morse Code) and served in that capacity until his enlistment was up in 1954.
According to Bill Harrell, a roommate of Cash, John learned to play the guitat from another buddy. (See link below}
http://www.6912th.org/cashpage.htm
Orville Rigdon, who taught John to play the guitar, died recenly.
Many members of the 12th RSM were later transferred to the 85th Radio Squadron Mobile (USAFSS) at Sembach Air Base, Germany.
I arrived at the 85th RSM in June 1954, having also trained at Keesler AFB as a Radio Intercept Operator (Morse Code).
http://www.chancefac.net/TLCB_/AirForce-2.htm
Cash was NOT a Language Specialist.
Cash and I, were both (293X0) Morse Code Radio Intercept Operators.
I arrived at Sembach Air Base in Germany shortly before Cash returned stateside.
To paraphrase one of cash's songs....
"They were there when it happened, so I guess they ought to know"
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He obviously wasn't fluent in English or he would NEVER have sung "Sing it Pretty Sue";-)
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Macclesfield overcame their LDV Vans Trophy jinx by finally winning at their eighth attempt against Chesterfield.
Matthew Tipton made amends for an earlier miss when he took a neat pass from John Parkin to thunder a low left-foot shot past keeper Carl Muggleton.
The Spireites equalised when on-loan winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce darted through score from 20 yards.
Macclesfield's John Miles then passed to Danny Whitaker, who crashed a 20-yard shot in off the crossbar.
Macclesfield: Fettis, Briscoe, Welch, Barras, Harsley, Widdrington (Carragher 75), Whitaker, Bailey (Potter 35), Miles, Tipton (Sheron 72), Parkin.
Subs Not Used: Wilson, Swadi Fayadh.
Goals: Tipton 23, Whitaker 63.
Chesterfield: Muggleton, Bailey, Downes, Blatherwick, O'Hare, Smith, Davies, Hudson, Campbell-Ryce (De Bolla 78), Allott, Allison.
Subs Not Used: Nicholson, Richmond, Evatt, Michael Fox.


As Business Editor of a newspaper, I often received phone calls from people who had started businesses and realised that they hadn't thought about how to tell everyone. Promotion is vital for start-ups and there are many ways of doing it when you don't have a big budget. A business will never bloom if it's kept in the dark.
Maybe you've opened a shop or an online store, launched a service or started manufacturing products. You're good at what you do and you know it, but potential customers need to know too so they start buying fast.
Getting people to notice your business can be a big challenge with so many options available, but which ones should you use? At first, you won't necessarily know what works best, so monitoring responses as you go along is important.
What's available? Paid advertising, social media, PR, leaflets and brochures, direct mail, email marketing, blogging, radio and TV, events and exhibitions, networking and more, but it's unlikely you'll be able to manage or afford everything, even if they do all work.
First, it's good to have contact points for anyone who hears about your business and is looking to find out more or wants to buy. If you've got a shop or premises, you can do a lot with signage or otherwise a web site is the most obvious start. While you may want a big, sophisticated site, even a holding page giving your contact details – premises address, email and phone number – will help people to contact you. It's also easy and free to create a Facebook page or open a Twitter or Instagram account. You can decide whether you want to build your presence on these networks as you go along. You can also give out business cards or printed leaflets to people you meet.
You might not be able to start with all the materials you would like, but, don't worry, you can always build a bigger, better web site and get better brochures and business cards designed and printed. Few people start businesses with everything they want and marketing usually evolves.
The main thing is to start, whether it's simply telling your family and friends. Word of mouth is always effective. The more people who know, the more they are likely to tell people they know and spread the news about you even further. It's free too and you can do it quickly. You don't have to sell to everyone, so don't feel anxious about people thinking you're putting pressure on them. Think of the excitement you feel at starting your own business and use this to tell people your good news. Many people will be genuinely interested. Of course, if you have a special offer, an event or other activity you think they'll be interested in, do mention it.
Networking meetings, where you meet up with other business owners to learn about and support each other, is another form of word-of-mouth promotion. There are usually one or two groups meeting in most areas and costs will vary from the price of a breakfast at an early morning meeting to annual membership, which could require you to attend regularly. Do bear in mind the commitment to attend weekly or monthly. Networking works well for some types of business and some people love it, while others can't stand it. Most groups allow you to go along as a guest for one or two meetings to try it out.
When it works well, you can build a far-reaching network so that when you talk to fellow networkers, they can recommend you to all their contacts with the potential to reach hundreds and even thousands of people.
Unless you need just one or two customers, it's likely that you'll need a lot more people to know about your business. Also, your market might not be local and need you to reach customers across the country or abroad. That's where you'll need to distribute publicity or advertising messages through printed newspapers or magazines or on the internet via your web site, social media services and directories.
There is so much you can do here, from free activities, such as sending a press release and photo to your local newspaper, to complex internet advertising campaigns. If you have little budget, you can run social media campaigns yourself, writing your own posts and sharing photos or video. Many small businesses do this themselves very professionally, although it does take a lot of time and effort. You may also want to advertise in local magazines or newspapers or in industry publications.
Whatever you choose, be persistent and patient. If you are extremely lucky or establish your expertise quickly, you'll get an instant response, but for most of us it takes time to establish awareness of a business.
Whatever you do, keep doing something. If one activity doesn't work, give it a chance. It's unlikely that people will respond to or even notice one advert, social media post or other form of contact. They'll need to see your brand again and again before they remember you.
You can carry out most of these activities simply at first and develop them as your business grows, eventually reaching a stage where you need to employ specialists to build web sites, manage online advertising and handle the complexity of more advanced promotional activity.
But when you're starting out, it's important to get your business out there as soon as you can. Only then can it start to bloom.
• Robert Zarywacz writes for and about businesses as a partner in Zarywacz. His experience includes Technology Correspondent for a business magazine and Business Editor of a local newspaper. He co-developed the pressme service of fixed-price article, blog and press release writing for small businesses.
What is it like? Would you recommend it? What are the plusses? Don't you just love it? Will you share it?
Is it just a numbers game?
I'm not sure I know what any of these mean any more as we're constantly asked to give approval for a blog or a photo of a 'cute' animal or to recommend someone for services that we have not actually used.
I 'like' to give recommendations where I know a person or have had an excellent experience from a business. I am happy to 'share' content that I find entertaining, amusing or useful and hope others will too.
I find I have now stopped saying 'I love' things and pause before saying 'I like' something.
Perhaps it's because 'loves' and 'likes' are precious and I don't want to throw them away.
Way back in 1985, in the infancy of online media, I helped build a kind of web site. I say kind of web site because the internet as we know it had not yet been developed. A colleague and I at British Airways built what we called an electronic brochure in Prestel, the BT videotext system. Like Ceefax and Oracle but far more responsive, we created 7,000 screens, or pages, of information uploaded into this early system.
Much of my contribution was to summarise every air fare charged from the UK to 140 destinations and to describe the features and benefits of the classes of service, eg Economy, Business, First and Concorde. I also published the complete USA Flydrive holiday brochure online and each month changed the Concorde on-board menus. At that time 95% of UK travel agents used Prestel and I seem to recall we achieved some 500,000 page views a month.
Then I obtained another promotion and moved department. Unfortunately, Prestel was ageing even then and was being superseded by more sophisticated computerised travel reservations systems and, ultimately, by the internet.
I suppose one day those 7,000 pages of information were turned off and discarded. They were customised to fit the 40-character x 22-line screens with no photo facilities, primitive graphics and limited colour choices. Compared with the simplicity of technology like WordPress, it could be excruciating work to fit everything on to one screen with no scrolling.
This brings me, after meandering via 140 destinations it seems, to my point that content is invaluable. While learning to use social media services such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+ is important now, how long will we use continue to use these? What will we use in two or five years? How will we maintain our changing online presence, develop our brands, port our important content to new formats, evolve our messages and presentation, and keep it all fresh, compelling and useful?
I've often wondered what happened to those 7,000 pages when Prestel's screens went blank. Did they just fade or float off into the ether?
When was the last time I followed my own advice?
Sometimes when I read blogs I think I'm back at school. It seems I'm always being told "three things you must do" or "You shalt do this", especially in the world of social media. Really?
It's a bit like going a on a training course and remembering that you know nearly everything the trainer tells you, but that you need refreshing and, more importantly, need to put it all into practice.
We seem to be becoming a world of advisers, but is anyone taking any of this advice?
Giving advice is easy, following it is the difficult part.
Of course, much of this advice is marketing disguised to advertise a blogger's own services. And why not?
The trouble is that I start to feel sore after being beaten with a stick too often.
That is why I want to 'share' and 'like' things I see rather than berate readers for what they're doing wrong. Who do I think I am I to do that?
So my advice . . . to myself . . . is to . . . take my advice . . . and put it into practice.
The Google+ redesign is the latest change to shake up social media users. Some like it, some don't, but what matters is whether people continue to use Google+ and more people take to it. It's the same with other social media services.
It's surprising that many people still don't take change in their stride. I admit to being able to remember when, in the mid-1980s, some travel agents objected to having their dumb terminal travel reservation systems replaced by PCs. They had become attached to these boxes and didn't want new boxes to replace them.
Since then we've gone from DOS to Windows, seen the Mac OS, Linux and mobile operating systems arrive, flocked online to build html web pages, then abandoned them for content management systems and are now immersing ourselves in social media services.
I'm sure social media won't be the final development or change we see. Computing and communication change daily: a new feature appears and a familiar one disappears. Changes are not always for the better, but those who make them hope they are. Where these make life easier and are useful, people tend to go along with them; where they make usage impossible, people can respond by abandoning that service.
Do I like the new Google+? I liked the clean design of the previous version, but I've just written a workshop on using Google+ and find I am now using it more. For me, it is becoming more usable.
I'm glad that the new version was released before I wrote the workshop, but it has reminded me that the material I've written now will soon have to change to reflect future developments. Nothing stays the same.
When you're looking for information on a product or a service, who do you trust?
There's lots of opportunity for reviewing businesses online now, but I hear more and more from people I know provide good quality service who feel they are being unjustly criticised and have little recourse to a fair response to posts on big review or shopping web sites.
I know when researching my own purchases that wading through some of the reviews, many of which are a waste of everyone's time, has not helped me.
For my most recent equipment purchase, I contacted two people I knew and trusted who already used the product. They gave me excellent advice, I bought the product and am very happy. I have got to know both these people through networking and social media.
In future I will ask individuals I know for their opinions.
With businesses pumping out so much information in press releases, newsletters, blogs and tweets, how much of it is clear?
Clarity is important when readers have so much to read. If they can't understand something, it needs to be very important for them to take the time to re-read it or contact you for clarification. Most likely they won't bother and will move on to the next item, possibly from a competitor. If that is easy to read and understand, you'll have lost out.
When you're close to your business, you understand the complexities: how everything fits together. It won't be so clear to someone who doesn't know your business. Often, people give up if they find something confusing.
Sometimes it isn't necessary for customers to know about complex issues which are important to the internal processes of your business. If that's the case, don't mention them or you'll add unnecessary complexity.
Where you do have to mention complexity, such as different brands or subsidiaries dealing with different products or services, make sure that these are explained clearly. If not, customers won't know who to contact about what and they could feel it is easier to go to a competitor.
Why am I writing this? Because I am trying to write about a company which appears to have a similar sister company offering a similar product and I have had to ask them to clarify the set-up. Not everyone would bother to ask.
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The North Devon Business Alliance has been established by experienced North Devon business owners and executives to represent the interests of all businesses in the area and, through supporting existing businesses and encouraging start-ups, to develop the full potential of the local economy.
It has been formed by businesses in North Devon to champion business in North Devon and wants the area's economy to thrive so everyone can enjoy the benefits of living and working in one of the most beautiful parts of the world.
The magazine is being formally launched on Friday 28 May 2010 at an NDBA event in Bishop's Tawton, North Devon where printed copies will be available.
Sometimes it's easy to think that everything is changing so fast that it's hard to keep up with every new development. While there certainly is lots of change, when you look closely often the fundamentals have not changed much, if at all.
In terms of communication, that is certainly true. There are so many twitter and social media tools being launched, some of them very useful, that deciding which ones to use can be a challenge. I know I can't use them all so I decide which ones offer the features I want and are easy to use.
Ultimately, all these tools are there only to help us communicate effectively. Knowing what we want to say and how to say it so that other people understand us remains the primary task. Everything else is secondary. Yes, tools can boost efficiency and effectiveness, but if the signal we send out is garbled, all they will do is amplify confusion.


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This summer, this successful camp program is being turned into a feature film starring actor Dean Cain and Braedon Sorbo and the producers are looking for a few more actors and volunteers to get involved.
We are all aware, that childhood and parenting have radically changed in the past few decades. The purpose of this film is to educate parents on ending behavioral problems with their kids while strengthening a better family dynamic.
"For some parents, the pre-teen and teenage years can be a nightmare. We are facing a crisis in our young people disrespecting authority, growing lazy and unmanageable, or acting out aggressively in home or at school. SUCCESS CAMP aims to break these kids from these behaviors by dramatically shifting a child's world view," said Jason Campbell, President of JCFilms.
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Bosch shifting gears from automotive to connecting technology
Leading tech giant Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) has started to look beyond automotive technology and is set to focus on the thriving connecting technology.
Talking at the signing of a MoU with the Kumaruguru College of Technology (KCT), TV Sriram, vice president and centre head of Robert Bosch India said that the company, which gets an annual turnover of about 60 to 70 per cent in automotive technology, was working on plans in adopting the connecting technology, which is more advanced.
"Technology is pooling from all parts of the globe and competition is high in the market. Technology as we know is changing and keeps improving and it becomes imperative for companies like the Bosch to move on to the next level," he added.
He further added that the company that had been thriving on automotive technology was contributing to 35 to 40 per cent of the total market share.
Inviting engineering students to get a foothold in the technology driven market, Sriram also added that students should by all means try and adopt new technologies and keep themselves updated.
Shankar Vanavarayar, correspondent at KCT, in his address opined that students should have the ability to make use of technology by creating solutions to prevailing problems.
Earlier in the day, Bosch Centre for Automotive Electronics was inaugurated at the campus in collaboration with Infineon Technologies, a semiconductor manufacturing company.


You know that "amazing progress" Sen. Chambliss "saw" in Iraq? Well, apparently his fellow Republican, Sen. Olympia Snowe, did not see the same " amazing progress." Though she was on the same trip, she found "little to be cheerful about." Check the story on the Kos.
Apparently, Snowe actually observed the situation in Iraq while Chambliss just read his talking points. I agree with Kos- Georgia deserves so much more than this fool in the Senate. We need a good, viable candidate in this race-yesterday. And, no, we do not have one yet.
Any takers? I will personally raise your qualifying fee.
I would like to see Shirley Franklin run and would help you raise the qualifying fee if she did!!


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The British singer unfurls a blaugrana flag during a concert in Barcelona
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Robbie Williams unfurled the FC Barcelona colours during a concert on Saturday at the Hard Rock Rising festival 2015 in Barcelona. The singer came on the stage with an enormous blaugrana flag. Minutes later, the British artist then posted the image on his Twitter account with the title: "Barcelona - amazing."
The rock star is not the first to show his affection for the Club during a concert. Previously Lady Gaga and Macklemore had also recently revealed their blaugrana sympathies live in front of their fans.


Jack of Wands, one of our favourite tarot bloggers, was through the gate with a proper, nitty gritty review of the deck and its themes.
Frankly, our hearts are warmed! Head over to read the review, and other great posts, like Jack's James Bond tarot series!
Jessica Dore also featured the 4 of Disks in her December 2018 tarot offering on her blog.
And she featured the deck in her Full Moon in Taurus 2018 Tarot spread!
Benebell Wen, the absolutely spectacular metaphysical author and creator of The Spirit Keeper's Tarot, used our deck for an Instagram reading and wrote this incredible review!
Asali Earthwork said "I want more decks like this" in their amazing review!
Lisa also included the deck in her Top Six Tarot Decks of 2018!
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Q: Spark Spark Empty Json Files reading from Directory I'm reading from a path say /json//myfiles_.json
I'm then flattening the json using explode. This causes an error since I have some empty files. How do I tell it to ignore empty files of somehow filter them out?
I can detect individual files checking if the head is empty but I need to do this on the collection of files iterated in the dataframe with the use of the wildcard path.

A: So the answer seems to be that I need to provide a schema explicitly because it can't infer one from empty file - as you would expect!
e.g.
val schemadf = sqlContext.read.json(schemapath) //infer schema from file with data or do manually
val schema = schemadf.schema
val raw = sqlContext.read.schema(schema).json(monthfile)

val prep = raw.withColumn("MyArray", explode($"MyArray"))
  .select($"ID", $"name", $"CreatedAt")

display(prep)

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Residents urge city officials to explore humane alternatives to Mason's 'Beavergate' issue.
MASON – A bothersome beaver who's made his home at the city's Pine Hill Lakes Park has been granted a stay of execution – for now.
The move by authorities comes in response to several beaver supporters who've spoken out at recent city council meetings, urging officials to find humane ways to manage or co-exist with the flat-tailed, buck-toothed pest.
Supporters of the beaver call it Mason's "Beavergate." Officials call it a big headache.
Mason Service Director Richard Fair said the lone beaver has already gnawed away at more than 50 trees, including some dead ash trees, and felled three others lining the park's bike path and lake.
The concern, he said, is that a passer-by could be struck by a falling tree or step on the sharp, pointed ends of smaller trees feasted on by the beaver. Officials are also concerned about potential damage should the beaver dam the lake near the inlet.
Fair has said that officials prefer to humanely trap and relocate the beaver to other city property where it may be better suited, but so far the beaver remains at large.
But under Ohio law, officials have only two options: leave the beaver be, or trap and destroy it.
The idea is that to relocate a beaver – considered a nuisance animal – is simply to relocate the nuisance, said Brett Beatty, a wildlife management supervisor with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The same law also applies to nuisance raccoons, skunks, coyotes, foxes and opossum that are captured, trapped or taken.
Beaver supporters have lobbied several animal welfare groups to speak out on behalf of the furry woodsman.
Engineer Owen Brown and wildlife biologist Sharon Brown of the New York-based nonprofit organization Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife told officials that removing the beaver may only encourage others to take its place.
Beavers, they say, are territorial animals that rarely overpopulate and breed once a year, with young beavers leaving the nest at two years of age.
"Since beavers are returning to the region, removing this one will merely open the habitat for another. Does Mason really want to begin an endless and expensive cycle of killing these popular and useful wild animals?" the Browns wrote in a Feb. 8 email to city council.
Cory Roscoe, Ohio state director for The Humane Society of the United States, offered up alternative remedies to officials that he said would satisfy both the city's safety concerns and sympathetic residents.
Officials, he said, can install water flow control devices and install tree guards – wire mesh wrapped around trees – both of which he says are economical options that require minimum monitoring and maintenance.
Tree trunks can also be coated with a mixture of sand and paint – an ideal project for Boy Scout troops and service organizations, he said.
Trapping and removing beaver is an "expensive undertaking and extremely time consuming," he wrote in an email to city council.
"What's more is that after such a substantial investment, it is highly likely that new beaver will recolonize the inviting habitat. When they do, you'll find yourself back at square one. Simply put, this method is ineffective and will require you to repeat it again and again," he said.
Mason Mayor David Nichols told residents at Monday's council meeting that the city has put off on trying to trap the beaver for now while exploring other alternatives.
"This is a little more complex than what we thought," he said. "The city is looking at all its options and we have expanded that search."


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In 2018 we were provided with training and additional lifting equipment, to facilitate us attending patients who have fallen at home and are uninjured, but require help to get up. This reduces their time spent on the floor and aims to negate the need of an ambulance crew attending.
Smart phone, specifically designed for the ambulance service, to allow us to receive incident details, contact our control room and be GPS tracked.
Our response car utilises a specialist computer system called Terrafix, that allows for the same as above.
Following a number of years of fundraising through local events, in 2016 a connection was made with the Woodley and Earley Lions Club at the Woodley Carnival. For the remainder of the year, a number of meetings and business proposals took place before a successful grant was agreed in January 2017 and the Woodley and Earley Lions Club kindly agreed to donate a significant amount to our group.
This was fantastic news for both our team and the greater Woodley community. Following a selection process, a vehicle was purchased and sent off to the ambulance workshop for equipment and livery to be added, prior to its delivery in May 2017. The vehicle was officially launched by the town Mayor on the 10th of June 2017 at the 57th annual Woodley Carnival – one year on from the initial conversation that started the funding process.
Our response vehicle will allow us to provide more 'on call' hours each month and carry more medical equipment than ever before. Due to the visible livery, it will help raise awareness of our profile and work locally and will also allow us to provide medical cover at future events, helping us to raise more money and give more back to the community.
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MSU notes: Jack Allen day-to-day heading into Indiana
EAST LANSING – Injuries remain a taboo topic for Michigan State, but Jim Bollman gave a slight insight into the biggest concern for the Spartans this week.
Co-offensive coordinator Bollman said starting center Jack Allen did not practice Tuesday and confirmed that he is day to day heading into eighth-ranked MSU's game Saturday at Indiana.
The Spartans added depth by returning Connor Kruse for the Wyoming game on Sept. 27 — a game which junior Allen missed — and the fifth-year senior earned his first career start against Purdue last weekend at right guard. The versatile Kruse moved to center when Allen injured his left foot during the fourth quarter of the 45-31 MSU victory.
Should Allen miss the game against Indiana, Kruse, senior Travis Jackson and Allen's brother Brian, a true freshman, could take over at center.
• TACKLE TALK: Defensive line coach Ron Burton said that senior defensive tackle James Kittredge continues his recovery from offseason hernia surgery.
"I think he is still in work mode right now as far as where he needs to be," Burton said. "But he is out on the field working. He is not up to game speed yet."
Burton also said junior Damon Knox is progressing from an unspecified offseason surgery. He played limited snaps in his return against Nebraska and again last week at Purdue as the Spartans continue to use a three-player rotation at defensive tackle with starters Joel Heath and Lawrence Thomas and backup Malik McDowell.
"Those three guys have been through the system through the fall and been in the games, and they are a little ahead of him," Burton said of Knox. "But because of his experience, because of him being able to be in 300-plus plays last year, we'll give him that opportunity to be on the field, too."
• HOOSIER DOUBLES: The Spartans are using true freshman Madre London and redshirt freshman Gerald Holmes this week to mimic Indiana star running back Tevin Coleman, who leads the Football Bowl Subdivision with 1,060 yards, 176.7 per game and 8.8 each carry.
"We'll be prepared for something that Indiana's gonna do this week, and it's all about making the adjustments," Burton said. "But that's key in any game. You want to be gap sound, and you want to have the ability to stop the run."


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Aston Martin Reveals Official Pictures of Vantage GT2 Photos
About a week before the new Vantage GT2 makes its race debut with James Watts Automotive at the first round of the Le Mans Series at Barcelona on 5 April, and Aston Martin decided to release the first official images of its latest racing car. The Vantage GT2, which has been designed to run on both standard and E85 bio-ethanol fuel, completes Aston Martin's portfolio of GT cars in each of the four categories GT1, GT2, GT3, GT4.
Robin Brundle, Aston Martin Racing's new managing director, said: "The new Vantage GT2 completes our product portfolio for 2008 with competitive cars now available in every category. Thanks to our experience with the DBRS9, we have been able to develop a bio-ethanol fuelled version, which will be eligible to compete in an increasing number of series now accommodating this greener fuel, including the American Le Mans Series." -More pics after the jump
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Directly after receiving his PhD, Dr. Danks started as an assistant professor at Kent State University and was promoted through the ranks to professor of psychology. From 1985 to 1992, he served as chair of the Department of Psychology. In 1996, Dr. Danks was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a position he held until retiring from Kent State in 2004 as professor and dean emeritus. He also has taught at Princeton (1974–75), Stanford (1984–85), the University of Warsaw (1978), and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1993). During his career as an experimental psychologist specializing in psycholinguistics, Dr. Danks has published three books, more than 80 refereed articles and book chapters, and presented numerous professional papers. He has served on the editorial boards of several professional journals and on review panels for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He also has been a principal investigator on numerous grants from several different federal agencies including NSF and NIMH.
His research in psycholinguistics has focused on how people comprehend sentences and text, especially across languages, and the cognitive processes involved in translation. More recently, he has been part of a research team investigating advanced medical care directives (e.g., living wills) in elderly patients.
Married for over 40 years, Dr. Danks and his wife Carol have two sons. Mark directs a computer game development studio in San Francisco and David is associate professor of philosophy and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Joe and Carol are the proud grandparents of three granddaughters. Dr. Danks is a scuba diver who has ventured on many dive trips throughout the Caribbean and the coral triangle in Southeast Asia.
Dr. Danks received his BA from DePauw University in 1965, majoring in psychology and philosophy, and his PhD from Princeton University in 1968 in experimental psychology. He also participated in the Institute of Management and Leadership in Higher Education at Harvard University in 2002.
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Wykeham Chapel: a moated monastic grange and retreat house
A Scheduled Monument in Weston, Lincolnshire
Latitude: 52.82 / 52°49'11"N
Longitude: -0.1079 / 0°6'28"W
OS Grid: TF275263
Mapcode National: GBR JY9.9HC
Mapcode Global: WHHMG.9CVZ
Entry Name: Wykeham Chapel: a moated monastic grange and retreat house
Scheduled Date: 5 January 2001
County: Lincolnshire
Civil Parish: Weston
Traditional County: Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire
Church of England Parish: Weston St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Lincoln
The monument includes a medieval moated monastic grange, together with the
remains of a retreat house and chapel at Wykeham. The grange was associated
with Spalding Priory, which housed a Benedictine order and lay 5km to the
south west. Originally a dependency of Crowland Abbey, the priory was re-
founded under the abbey of St Nicholas at Angers in 1074 and gained
independence from the abbey in 1397. By the mid-13th century the majority of
the land at Weston was in its hands. At the beginning of the 14th century
Prior Clement of Hatfield established a monastic grange at Wykeham where he
built a house and the chapel of St Nicholas in 1311. The establishment at
Wykeham served as a monastic retreat house, a place of rest and recuperation
for the monks. Following the Dissolution the chapel became a free chapel, and
in 1543 the estate passed to the Harington family. Between 1684 and 1787 it
was in the hands of the Ravenscroft family, passing to the Everard family in
1834. The chapel was repaired during the 17th century but by the latter part
of the 18th century, following the collapse of the roof, had fallen into
disuse. The standing remains of the chapel, which is a Listed Building Grade
I, and the adjoining graveyard lie at the centre of the moated grange and are
included in the scheduling. The present house stands 20m to the south west of
the chapel; constructed chiefly in red brick, the house dates from the late
17th century, with mid-18th century and 20th century additions, and is a
Listed Building Grade II.
The unroofed chapel is built of limestone ashlar and measures approximately
13m by 6.5m. The chapel's nave and chancel are one and entered by a pointed
doorway at the western end of the southern wall. The north and south walls
each have three large pointed windows, the westernmost window on each wall
being blocked by brick. The east wall has a large pointed window flanked
internally by ornate niches; a large pointed window in the opposite, west,
wall is blocked with brick. The blockings are believed to date from the 17th
century at about the time when the chapel floor was raised. Externally,
buttresses flank each of the large windows. There is a polygonal stair turret
at the south west corner of the chapel. The stair turret is entered, at ground
floor level, from inside the chapel by a pointed doorway, and the turret is
lit by narrow vertical openings. On the western external wall is the outline
of the roof and walls of a former building, including a blocked rectangular
window and doorway, thought to have provided access at first floor level
between the domestic accommodation and the chapel. In 1881 a number of
skeletons and a lead coffin were uncovered when the chapel floor was relaid. A
small enclosed rectangular graveyard, in use from the latter half of the 19th
century, adjoins the eastern end of the chapel.
The moated island is rectangular in plan, measuring 270m by 140m, with the
centre of the island, occupied by the chapel and present house, raised above
the surrounding ground level, indicating the location of the earlier house.
The house is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath it is
included. A pair of Listed Grade II limestone ashlar gatepiers, dating from
about 1700, stand at the south western edge of the monument and are also
excluded from the scheduling. Raised ground to the north west of the chapel is
thought to represent further buried building remains, such as domestic and
ancillary buildings associated with the monastic grange.
On the southern half of the island two raised linear earthworks, aligned north
-south and measuring 25m to 30m in width are separated by a partly
water-filled channel. These features are believed to represent the remains of
medieval dylings, raised strips that were a means of draining the land for
pastoral or arable use. Fourteenth century documentary references to Prior
Clement's works record the `dyking and raising of the lands' at Wykeham.
Linear depressions leading to the east and west from the northern end of the
channel indicate that there was formerly a more extensive system of drainage.
A shallow oval depression, thought to represent a pond, lies adjacent to the
west side of the broad north-south channel, close to the channel's junction
with the southern moat arm. A water-filled pond in the south eastern part of
the monument is believed to be of recent origin.
The surrounding moat is partly water-filled and measures up to 10m in width.
The moat is now crossed by two causeways on its western arm and by a narrow
causeway on its northern arm. The northernmost causeway on the western arm is
believed to indicate the location of an original access point to the island.
The ground within the graveyard, which is still in use for the interment of
cremations, is excluded from the scheduling to a depth of 0.5m, although the
ground beneath this is included. The house, the ashlar gatepiers, all fence
posts, boundary walls, outbuildings, the fuel tanks to the north of the farm
buildings, and the swimming pool are excluded from the scheduling, although
the ground beneath these features is included.
A monastic grange was a farm owned and run by a monastic community and
independent of the secular manorial system of communal agriculture and servile
labour. The function of granges was to provide food and raw materials for
consumption within the parent monastic house itself, and also to provide
surpluses for sale for profit. The first monastic granges appeared in the 12th
century but they continued to be constructed and used until the Dissolution.
This system of agriculture was pioneered by the Cistercian order but was soon
imitated by other orders. Some granges were worked by resident lay-brothers
(secular workers) of the order but others were staffed by non-resident
labourers. The majority of granges practised a mixed economy but some were
specialist in their function. Five types of grange are known: agrarian farms,
bercaries (sheep farms), vaccaries (cattle ranches), horse studs and
industrial complexes. A monastery might have more than one grange and the
wealthiest houses had many. Frequently a grange was established on lands
immediately adjacent to the monastery, this being known as the home grange.
Other granges, however, could be found wherever the monastic site held lands.
On occasion these could be located at some considerable distance from the
parent monastery. Granges are broadly comparable with contemporary secular
farms although the wealth of the parent house was frequently reflected in the
size of the grange and the layout and architectural embellishment of the
buildings. Additionally, because of their monastic connection, granges tend to
be much better documented than their secular counterparts. No region was
without monastic granges. The exact number of sites which originally existed
is not precisely known but can be estimated, on the basis of numbers of
monastic sites, at several thousand. Of these, however, only a small
percentage can be accurately located on the ground today. Of this group of
identifiable sites, continued intensive use of many has destroyed much of the
evidence of archaeological remains. In view of the importance of granges to
medieval rural and monastic life, all sites exhibiting good archaeological
survival are identified as nationally important.
The moated monastic grange at Wykeham has been identified as the remains of a
monastic retreat house. Retreat houses were principally used for regular
periods of rest and recuperation which were required under Archbishop
Lanfranc's codification of the Benedictine Rule, a prominent feature of which
was blood-letting (seyneys) which was thought to be beneficial to health.
Apart from providing purpose-built accommodation for seyneys, retreat houses
were also used by senior monastic officials as places where the monastic rule
concerning diet, heating and conversation were relaxed. As a result, they have
features in common with both monastic infirmaries, which were also used for
seyneys, and secular manor houses of the period, although retreat houses also
required a chapel large enough to allow the continued observance of the
offices by those in residence. Confined to the Benedictine order, only some 80
to 100 retreat houses are thought to have existed, less than half of which are
currently recorded as surviving archaeological sites.
The moated monastic grange, retreat house and chapel survive well as a series
of standing, earthwork and buried remains. Its specific function as a monastic
grange and retreat house, together with the unusual survival of the chapel,
makes this a particularly rare example of its kind. The chapel, earthworks and
buried remains will contain valuable information on the layout and use of the
site and will contribute to our understanding of medieval monastic and rural
life. The artificially raised ground will preserve evidence of land use prior
to the construction of the site. In addition, waterlogging in the moat will
preserve organic remains, such as timber, leather and seeds, which will give
an insight into the domestic and economic activity on the site. The continued
use of the site in the post-medieval period demonstrates its ongoing
importance as a feature of the landscape.
Hallam, H E, Settlement and society, (1965)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Lincolnshire: Volume II, (1906)
Moore, E, 'Linconshire Notes & Queries' in Weston, Wykeham Chapel, , Vol. 16, (1920), 1-17
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Liberty Has Money to Burn
With as much as $10 billion in available liquidity after the planned spin of its Liberty Interactive unit later this month, Liberty Media is preparing to put that money to work, including acquisitions and share buybacks, chairman John Malone told an audience at its annual meeting of shareholders Wednesday.
Liberty has been trying to spin off Liberty Interactive - which includes QVC, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com, Buyseasons, Bodybuilding.com, and interests in IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia - as an asset-backed security since June 2010.
Malone said that the spin-off has handcuffed Liberty to some extent.
"We've been pretty frozen by this split-off interregnum," Malone said at the meeting. "You can probably expect a lot more activity by us post the split-off. There are a number of things we would like to pursue, we have a lot of liquidity and it would be a very good time to do acquisitions on a levered basis. That's not saying we've got a bunch of them identified. Right now the cheapest thing around is our own stock."
The spin has been held up by a group of bondholders led by Bank of New York Mellon Trust that have filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court claiming that it constituted a disposition of assets and would harm debt holders. While the court ruled in May against the bondholders, they filed an appeal in June.
At Liberty's annual meeting of shareholders in Denver Wednesday, CEO Greg Maffei said a hearing on the matter is scheduled for Sept. 14, where Liberty hopes the original ruling is upheld. If that is the case, the spin would happen the next day.
Maffei said that after the spin Liberty will have about $8 billion "maybe as much as $10 billion if we really had to reach" in liquidity, which he intends to "invest wisely." That could be in several areas he noted, such as e-commerce opportunities, Liberty's own stock, acquiring or investing in new free cash flow generating businesses, or beefing up its existing positions in other businesses.
Asked if shareholders should expect Liberty to delve into companies outside the realm of traditional media, like its recent investments in book retailer Barnes & Noble, Malone said the goal is to invest in or acquire businesses where its management can have an impact. He pointed to investments in Sirius XM Radio, now the largest holding in Liberty Capital, that has grown from a $530 million investment in 2009 to an asset worth more than $6 billion today.
Malone said that over the years Liberty has grown and spun off a large range of businesses, including satellite TV giant DirecTV, international cable company Liberty Global, and cable programmer Discovery Communications.
"If we held on to them we would be the largest and most confused conglomerate in the world," Malone said. "The goal is not to be megalomaniacal. The goal has been to create long-term shareholder value."
Maffei commented on what some analysts have called a missed opportunity for the company's Liberty Starz unit in its decision not to renew its distribution agreement with Netflix. The old deal expires in 2012.
Maffei said that while he was confident Starz could have reached a renewal agreement with Netflix, he was concerned about the direction the video juggernaut is taking. Netflix recently restructured its pricing schemes to place more emphasis on online distribution of content.
Maffei said that a renewed deal would have forced Starz to pay overages to its content and studio partners and would have placed it in larger conflict with its traditional cable, satellite and telco partners - which he said pay Starz a collective $1.2 billion a year.
Malone added that the main conflict centered on the subrogation of brand identity and pricing control, issues that he said are hampering online delivery across the board.
"The way this cuts varies depending on whether you're a premium service as Starz, where ultimately the whole concept of sequential distribution of movie product or of originals has to go through various organisms in order to optimize valuation," Malone said. "Taking it all and dumping it in at wholesale on a random access basis really undermines long term perceived value. That's the biggest problem conceptually that we have with the Netflix approach toward distribution as a content investor or owner.
"This will sort itself out over time," Malone added. "There will be authentication, TV Everywhere by the distributors, there will be TV Everywhere, I think, by the content owners who will provide a supplemental service of random access over and above what their distributors do, perhaps on a wholesale basis, to authenticated customers. This thing still has a long way to go to play out. It's probably in the second inning in the U.S. and probably not even started the game internationally.
Despite that stance, both Malone and Maffei said that Liberty would not be among the potential suitors for online video distributor Hulu, which is currently for sale.
Maffei said the reported $2 billion price Hulu is asking is a bit hgh for Liberty's tastes and would be most worthwhile to companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple that are looking to push their brands into TV.
"That's probably not us," Maffei said
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Park List & Map
Park Dedication Policy
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Renting Park Shelters & Buildings
Augsburg Adventure Park (English)
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Richfield Park Dedication Policy
In 2008, the Community Services Commission adopted a policy that provides guidelines for placing dedications to individuals in Richfield's parks. They determined that no facilities would be renamed in a person's honor and, if a plaque is to be installed as a tribute to a person, the Community Services Commission will consider it through an application process. Facility Dedication Application (submit to the Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave, Rfld, MN 55423).
The policy, as approved by the CSC, reads as follows:
Richfield Recreation Facility and Amenity Dedication Policy
Purpose: The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines for dedicating recreational facilities and amenities including athletic fields, park buildings, and other recreational structures located in the City of Richfield in honor of an individual or organization. The City of Richfield does not accept requests to permanently rename a park, recreational facility or amenity in honor of an individual or organization, but as an alternative offers the following guidelines to dedicate such facilities to the memory of an individual or organization by granting the installation of a dedication plaque onsite of such facilities.
Nomination Criteria: Nominations for dedicating City of Richfield facilities or amenities in the memory of an individual or organization shall be based on one or more of the following criteria:
1. In honor of organizations or individuals (living or deceased) who have made a significant contribution, financial or otherwise, to the City of Richfield or who have played a leading role in advancing the City of Richfield as a good place to live, work or recreate..
2. In honor of a person, place or event that played a significant role in the history of the City of Richfield.
The individual or organization for which the dedication is sought shall be deemed to be of good general character and should not be associated with unlawful or unseemly activities.
Dedication Guidelines: The dedication of City recreational facilities via this policy shall be limited to significant facilities or amenities, including but not limited to buildings, rooms in buildings, athletic fields, ponds, bridges, playgrounds, and trails. The dedication of minor amenities such as water fountains and benches are not part of this policy and will be addressed by the Recreational Services Department. Fundraising projects conducted by the Friends of Wood Lake that benefit the Wood Lake Nature Center are exempt from this policy.
The dedication of City facilities or amenities shall normally be limited to no more than two per year to maintain the stature of the facility dedication honor. Any undedicated City recreational facility may be nominated for dedication using the criteria of this policy.
The nominating person(s) shall be entirely responsible for all costs associated with the dedication including application and background check fees, recognition, and memorial plaques. The size, style, text and location of the memorial plaque shall be subject to review and approval of the Recreation Services Director and the Nominating Committee.
Application Process: The process for dedicating a recreational facility or amenity to the memory of an individual shall be:
1. The nominating person(s) shall request a City of Richfield Recreational Facility Dedication Nomination form from the Recreation Services Department office. Nominations for deceased individuals will not be accepted until after a six-month time period from the date the individual passed away.
2. A fully completed City of Richfield Recreational Facility Dedication Nomination form shall be submitted to the Recreation Services Director and the Nominating Committee along with the specified application fee.
3. The completed application will be reviewed by Nominating Committee (consisting of assigned members of the Community Services Commission) for completeness, accuracy and adherence to policy guidelines.
4. All individuals nominated shall be subject to a criminal background check.
5. If the nomination is rejected based on the above review, the nominating person designated on the application will be notified in writing.
6. Nominations that pass the above review will be forwarded to the Community Services Commission for review at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
7. Within 60 days of the Community Services Commission meeting at which the application is received, a recommendation will be made. If rejected by the Community Services Commission, the nominating person designated on the application will be notified by City staff in writing.
8. If approved, the recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final review and approval or denial.
9. Nominating parties will be notified in writing of the City Council's actions within two weeks of the meeting at which action is taken.
10. The City Council shall have the authority to override this policy when they deem doing so to be in the best interest of the City.
Revocation: Recreational facility dedications may be revoked by the Community Services Commission should information later come to light that runs counter to the substance and spirit of this policy.
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Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum just had a baby boy via surrogate
INSIDER 5 days ago insider@insider.com (Cheryl Teh)
© Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock/Peacock Paris Hilton is now a mom. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock/Peacock
Paris Hilton has welcomed a baby boy with her husband, Carter Reum.
The baby was born via surrogate, People reported.
Hilton told People her heart is "exploding with love" for her newborn son.
Heiress Paris Hilton is now a mother to a baby boy, People reported on Tuesday.
Hilton, 41, announced the news in a Twitter post on Tuesday night. The post included a close-up picture of manicured fingers wrapped around a baby's hand.
"You are already loved beyond words," Hilton wrote on Twitter. The post accrued more than 27,000 likes within two hours.
—ParisHilton (@ParisHilton) January 25, 2023
People reported that the baby was born via surrogate.
"It's always been my dream to be a mother and I'm so happy that Carter and I found each other," Hilton told People. "We are so excited to start our family together and our hearts are exploding with love for our baby boy."
In an interview with People in December, Hilton said she and Reum started planning to have a baby during the COVID-19 pandemic. The couple got married in November 2021.
"We knew we wanted to start a family, and I was like, 'This is perfect timing,'" she told People. "Usually, I'm on a plane 250 days out of the year, and let's just get all of the eggs stocked and ready, and we have tons of them just waiting."
A representative for Hilton did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.


Job: T-T Asst Prof of Digital History, West Chester U.
CLIR Postdoctoral Library Fellows work on projects that forge, renovate, and strengthen connections between academic library collections and their users. The program offers scholars the chance to develop new research models, collaborate with information specialists, and explore new career opportunities. Participating libraries benefit from the expertise of accomplished scholars who can invigorate approaches to collection use and teaching, contribute field-specific knowledge, and provide insight into the future of scholarship. Application deadline 12/19/2011.
The Alabama Digital Humanities Center at the University of Alabama is pleased to invite applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in Digital Humanities. The fellowship offers the successful candidate a unique platform for professional advancement: financial and material support for independent research combined with the opportunity to play an instrumental role in nurturing the growing digital humanities community at the University of Alabama.
California State University, Long Beach is hiring a Tenure Track-University Library position responsible for Digital Archives and Special Collections.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is funding fellowships for the project "Educating Stewards of the Public Information Infrastructure" or ESOPI2.
The University of Denver Library is recruiting a Library Digital Infrastructure and Technology Coordinator.
The University of Michigan Library seeks an entrepreneurial, collaborative, innovative, and service-oriented leader for the new position of Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Research.


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Learning about the local falcons at the Nashua Child Learning Center. Courtesy Photo.
Keeping up with the falcons
How a webcam brought together a community
When the first falcon chicks hatched in the nest atop the Brady Sullivan tower in Manchester on May 1, an unseen village of humans became emotionally invested in their health, safety and upbringing. And thanks to a partnership between Single Digits, a Bedford tech company, and the New Hampshire Audubon Society, those humans could meet one another in the process.
The Single Digits Live Peregrine Falcon Nest Cam was upgraded in March, just before the mother started laying eggs, to provide high-definition video, audio, adjustable angles and night vision. But just as important was a new chat feature on YouTube that was set up so viewers could ask questions about the falcons.
Soon enough, however, it became a chat space for a core group who delighted in the shared experience and collectively narrated the six-week childhoods of four nestlings with perhaps more liberal imaginations than biologists would prefer.
The drama
As if it were a reality TV show, populated by characters with distinct personalities, regular viewers can recall many of the same scenes — like when Chicken Hawk stole away with an entire meal to greedily eat in the corner alone and Peanut snuck up and snatched it back when Chicken Hawk was briefly distracted.
And who can forget when the others conspired to box Chicken Hawk out of the nest so Peanut could eat first for once, or when Peewee fell onto the outside ledge when a gust of wind tipped him over?
And everyone recalls the banding with the same level of post-traumatic stress usually triggered by remembering a particularly shocking scene in HBO's Game of Thrones known as the Red Wedding. The process involved removing the babies from the nest and putting tags on their legs. Many got to watch the process in person but for those watching the webcam's view of the empty nest, it was a scene of panic and fear.
"The day they got banded, I was so paranoid. The mother and father were flying around. I was hoping they wouldn't get hurt because they were, like, spastic," said Debbie Leighton of Manchester, a 54-year-old stay-at-home grandmother known for typing with all capital letters in the chat box due to her poor eyesight.
"The parents were just so upset. They both got out there and they were squawking," said David York of Weare, a quick-to-laugh 65-year-old collector of hobbies.
The drama also captivated an entire classroom of preschoolers in Nashua.
"Oh my goodness, that was the longest hour for all of us," said Kristine Funk, a preschool teacher at Nashua Child Learning Center.
Funk started showing her students the falcon cam on an iPad when the eggs were first laid, and it soon became an obsession for the whole class and eventually the rest of the preschool. While it was primarily a way to teach kids about springtime life cycles, Funk found herself watching the eggs hatch at 4 a.m. as her husband slept.
"I noticed when the chicks were first born … dad came in and started pacing when one of the eggs hatched, like 'What do I do, what do I do? It's not an egg, it's not an egg!'" Funk said. "It was hysterical. I was laughing so hard, I couldn't wait until my husband woke up so I could tell him."
The community of viewers gave the babies their unofficial names and swears they each shine as individuals.
Chicken Hawk, the oldest female, was always the largest and more aggressive. As a chick, she would edge out the smaller chicks to get the first helpings of food from the mom, and as she became bigger and stronger, that behavior seemed to worsen.
Pistachio, the second female, was born next. She may be the sarcastic one, always throwing shade with a cockeyed look at the others' antics.
Like that one time when Chicken Hawk was being unusually playful with her food.
"[Chicken Hawk] was just hopping and bopping all over the place," said York. "And … Pistachio was looking at her like, 'What is wrong with you?'"
And Pistachio is said to always spend her time hanging out with her fellow middle sibling, Peewee.
Peewee is the third falcon to hatch and the first male. Ever since his big adventure with the ledge, he has been seen as the more adventurous of the group, regularly jumping out onto the ledge long before the others worked up the courage to do the same.
And Peanut, a second male, is the favored underdog.
"Everyone always roots for the smallest and youngest one … Peanut," said Anne Pardo, an administrative assistant from Weare who works at a Manchester law firm.
At first it seemed like he was being overlooked during feedings, but Pardo says the mother always made sure to feed him after the older, more insistent siblings got their fill.
"He just is so cute. I mean, everybody latched onto him immediately. He's the strategist of the group," said York.
Biologists say many of these perceived personalities and interactions are more likely just amateurs creating stories based on human experiences and judging wild animals by the same measure we would other humans, with little knowledge of how raptors normally behave.
For instance, many watched as both the father and mother took turns keeping the eggs warm but as soon as the chicks hatched, the father was rarely seen, causing some to speculate about his attentiveness or worry for his well-being. But while viewers couldn't see him, he was actually never far away. He was hunting for food, delivering it to the mother outside the nest and going straight back for more.
The viewers
Folks like Pardo, York and Leighton expressed their gratitude to the Audubon and Single Digits for setting up the camera and the chat box. They watch the falcons at the office and at home and sometimes leave the video feed on at all hours of the day and night.
Last week the birds all "fledged" — began to fly — but unfortunately, it didn't go smoothly for all. Peewee, living up to his character, was the first to jump but days later the group was in mourning after he was found dead on a nearby roadway. It's believed Peewee was grounded by an injury and later struck by a car. Pistachio was also injured almost immediately after taking the plunge, but York — who was in town — stayed with the bird in the parking lot until specialists from Wings of the Dawn rehab center picked her up. She was delivered back to the nest soon after.
Still, some of these people-friendships may continue well into the future.
"I think I will probably have some long-term friendships from this. A lot of us seem to be local," York said.
In fact, the gang, most of whom have never met in person, scheduled a meetup in Manchester for June 18. And a Facebook group called Manchester NH Falcon Fans was recently formed with about 100 members already.


What does it mean to exclude or cap liability for consequential loss?
Contractors often seek amendments to Government procurement contracts to exclude or cap any liability which they may have under the contract for consequential loss, but does either party really understand the implications of doing this?
Where a contractor breaches its obligations under a contract and Government suffers loss as a result of that breach, the loss suffered can be categorised as either direct loss or consequential loss.
Direct losses are those losses which arise naturally, that is according to the usual course of things, from the breach. At law, Government is entitled to recover all direct losses which it suffers. For example, where a contractor fails to supply an asset or a service in accordance with the terms of the contract, the loss suffered by Government from not being able to use the asset or service will often be a direct loss and recoverable at law.
Consequential loss (also known as "indirect loss") is all loss suffered by Government which is not a direct loss. It is only recoverable by Government at law where it is reasonable to assume that the loss would have been in the contemplation of the parties at the time they made the contract as a probable result of a breach of it. This involves asking what reasonable business persons (who are taken to understand the ordinary practices of the other's trade or business) would be taken to have contemplated as the natural or probable result of a breach of the contract.
While the definitions of the different categories of loss are simply enough stated, in practice, it can be very difficult to determine whether loss is categorised as direct or consequential loss and, if it is consequential loss, whether it is recoverable by Government at law. How the loss is characterised and whether it is recoverable will depend on the circumstances of each particular contract, so it can be difficult for Government to readily assess the impact of any exclusion or cap.
in relation to the consequential losses, identifying which ones the Government can probably recover at law by applying the tests outlined above. Any exclusion or cap will affect those consequential losses which are recoverable.
Additionally, a contractor might provide an indemnity for losses arising from certain events which could allow Government to recover all direct loss and consequential loss suffered. Any exclusion of consequential loss which applies to loss recoverable under an indemnity will have a greater potential impact on Government.
Some contractors seek to exclude or cap liability for consequential loss on the basis that this will be sufficient to exclude or cap liability for loss of profit, revenue or business. There are many examples of contracts where such loss is a direct loss and recoverable regardless of whether there is an exclusion of consequential loss. For example, loss of profit, revenue or business will often be a direct loss in the case of a contractor's failure to supply under construction or supply contracts for revenue producing assets such as factories or shops. Accordingly, excluding liability for consequential loss may not be sufficient to exclude liability for loss of profit, revenue or business.
Contractors should also be aware that it will be less common for Government to suffer loss which is capable of being characterised as loss of profit, revenue or business as it is not often that Government's activities in relation to a particular contract will be capable of giving rise to such loss.
Government should consider all other options available, for example, whether the contractor can obtain insurance to cover the risk.
In considering the scope and effect of any exclusion or cap on any loss, Government must also ensure that the maximum amount that may become payable under a spending proposal for the purposes of regulation 10 of the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 includes the potential cost of any contingent liability contained in the spending proposal - these contingent liabilities include any liabilities that the Government may potentially owe to a third party as a result of excluding or capping the contractor's liability.
arising from the contractor's abandonment of the contract.


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Das Werk Strino (von den Italienern als Forte Strino a Velon bezeichnet) war eins von insgesamt vier Sperrwerken des österreichisch-ungarischen Festungsriegels im Subrayon II der Sperrgruppe Tonale.

Geografische Lage
Es ist das am weitesten zurückgezogene Fort der Sperrgruppe und liegt auf 1500 Metern Seehöhe direkt an der Tonalepasstraße in der autonomen Provinz Trient. Flankiert wird es nach Süden vom Werk Presanella und nach Norden von den Werken Mero und Tonale.

Aufgabe
Nachdem im Jahre 1859 auf Veranlassung des Feldmarschall Radetzky die bisherige auf dem Niveau eines Karrenweges bestehende Straße zum Tonalepass (Passo Tonale) zu einer leistungsfähigen Verbindung ausgebaut worden war, wurde man sich plötzlich der Gefahr bewusst, die ein italienischer Durchbruch über die Passhöhe (auch für die Festung Trient) mit sich bringen würde. Die danach errichtete Sperrgruppe (zunächst nur Werk Strino) hatte daher die Aufgabe, das Val di Vermiglio und damit auch das Val di Sole abzuriegeln.

Das Bauwerk
Errichtet in den Jahren 1860–1862 entsprach das Werk bei Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs bei weitem nicht mehr den damaligen Anforderungen. In hoch aufragender, zweigeschossiger Blockbauweise stellte es für die feindliche Artillerie ein ideales Ziel dar. Das Bauwerk war in Granitsteinen aufgeführt und mit der für diese Zeit typischen halbrunden Front und den zurückgezogenen Flanken angelegt. Ursprünglich waren die Werksdecken nur etwa einen Meter stark und mit einer bis zu zwei Meter hohen Erdauflage bedeckt, was für die damaligen Granaten ausreichend dimensioniert war. 1915 galt es nur noch als kaum granatsicher und minder sturmfrei. Da der Talgrund mit den Werksgeschützen nur ungenügend gesichert werden konnte, entstand 1891 unterhalb vom Werk Strino und unterhalb der Straße die Unterstützungsanlage "Nahkampfanlage Vermigliohang". Diese war mit einer betonierten Poterne mit dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zeitpunkt errichteten Wachhaus direkt neben der Straße (ist dort immer noch vorhanden) und von da mit dem Hauptwerk verbunden. Organisatorisch gehörten die Nahkampfanlage Vermigliohang und eine weiter unten liegende Flankierungsanlage zum Werk Strino und waren keine eigenständige Einheiten.

Bewaffnung
 Werk Strino
 vier 12-cm-Kasemattkanonen M 61 in Depressionslafetten
 vier 9-cm-Kasemattkanonen M 75/96
 Nahkampfanlage Vermigliohang
 zwei 8-cm-Minimalschartenkanonen M 98
 zwei Maschinengewehre M 07/12
 sieben Gewehrlafetten
Diese Anlage war als granatsicher und sturmfrei eingestuft.

Besatzung
 ein Detachement des Landesschützenregiments Bozen Nr. II
 2. Kompanie des Festungsartilleriebataillons 7

Kriegerische Ereignisse

Die Anlage Strino hatte 1915 keinen großen Kampfwert mehr und wurde nur als Unterkunft und Relaisstation genutzt. Da sich die Front während des gesamten Krieges am Tonalepass (acht Kilometer Luftlinie) befand, wurde Strino in keine direkten Kampfhandlungen verwickelt. Italienische Artillerie beschoss das Werk von Ponte di Legno her und richtete einigen Schaden an.Nach dem Ende des Krieges wurde das Fort von den zurückgekehrten Bewohnern des Val di Vermiglio als Steinbruch genutzt, um ihre zerstörten Häuser wieder aufzubauen.

Vor einigen Jahren hat man in Privatinitiative begonnen, das Bauwerk so weit als möglich in seinen Originalzustand zu versetzen. Die Struktur des Gebäudes hatte an sich nicht gelitten und die schweren Schäden waren nur äußerlich, sodass eine Instandsetzung im Bereich des Möglichen liegt.

Literatur
 Erwin Anton Grestenberger: K.u.k. Befestigungsanlagen in Tirol und Kärnten 1860–1918. Verlag Österreich u. a., Wien 2000, ISBN 3-8132-0747-1.
 Rolf Hentzschel: Österreichische Gebirgsfestungen im Ersten Weltkrieg. Die Hochebenen von Folgeria und Lavarone. Athesia, Bozen 1999, ISBN 88-8266-019-2, (Athesia-Werkstatt. Sachbuch).
 Wilhelm Nußstein: Dolomiten. Österreichische Festungen in Oberitalien. Von den Sieben Gemeinden bis zur Flitscher Klause. Mittler, Hamburg u. a. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0496-0, (Militärgeschichtlicher Reiseführer).
 Kompass Carta turistica: Adamello-Presanella. Kompass Fleischmann S.ar.I. Instituto Geografico, I-38014 Gardolo (Trento)

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2012 Star Wars Celebration VI, Star Wars Celebration March 13, 2012
James Arnold Taylor hosting at Star Wars Celebration VI!
Star Wars Celebration VI, the ultimate fan experience and the biggest Star Wars party ever, will feature three stages of programming offering hours of exclusive entertainment and fascinating information focused on the past, present and future of Star Wars. The stage hosts for the four-day event, held August 23-26 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida are James Arnold Taylor, David Collins and Pablo Hidalgo.
James Arnold Taylor will host the Main Stage, site of the biggest shows and the must-see events being planned for the convention. Taylor is the extremely talented actor whose versatile vocal range has given him success in every facet of the voice-over industry. Star Wars fans know him as the voice of the venerable Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and he has performed celebrated roles in animation and video games, as well as exacting voice-doubling for such stars as Christopher Walken, David Spade, and Michael J. Fox. Taylor debuted his popular, high-energy one-man performance "Talking to Myself" in 2011.
Web site: www.JamesArnoldTaylor.com
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/JATactor.com
Twitter: @JATactor
Tickets/information for Star Wars Celebration VI: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/
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Hexagon is a microservices library written in Kotlin. Its purpose is to ease the building of services (Web applications, APIs or queue consumers) that run inside a cloud platform.
It is meant to provide abstraction from underlying technologies to be able to change them with minimum impact. It is designed to fit in applications that conforms to the Hexagonal Architecture (also called Clean Architecture or Ports and Adapters Architecture).
Be simple to use: make it easy to develop user services (HTTP or message consumers) quickly. It is focused on making the usual tasks easy, rather than making a complex tool with a lot of features.
Make it easy to hack: allow the user to add extensions or change the framework itself. The code is meant to be simple for the users to understand it. Avoid having to read blogs, documentation or getting certified to use it efectively.
To be the fastest framework. Write the code fast and optimize only the critical parts. It is not slow anyway.
Support all available technologies and tools: the spirit is to define simple interfaces for the most common features , so users can implement integrations with different tools easily.
To be usable from Java. Hexagon is Kotlin first.
Configure Kotlin in Gradle or Maven.
Setup the JCenter repository (follow the link and click on the Set me up! button).
You can read more details reading the Quick Start page, or checking the guides.
DISCLAIMER: The project status is beta. Use it at your own risk. There are some modules not finished yet (e.g: storage and HTTP client) and the API is subject to change any time prior to release 1.0.
It is used in personal not released projects to develop APIs and Web applications.
If you like this project and want to support it, the easiest way is to give it a star ✌ .
By using it and spreading the word.
Giving feedback by Twitter or Slack.
Requesting new features or submitting bugs.
Voting for the features you want in the issue tracker (using reactions).
And... Drum roll... Submitting code or documentation.
To know what issues are currently open and be aware of the next features you can check the Project Board at Github.
You can ask any question, suggestion or complaint at the project's Slack channel. And be up to date of project's news following @hexagon_kt in Twitter.
Thanks to all project's contributors!
The project is licensed under the MIT License. This license lets you use the source for free or commercial purposes as long as you provide attribution and don't hold any project member liable.


At M&A Home Improvements, we provide glass options of bespoke windows, doors and conservatories for your home, made even more unique with our extensive variety of glass options. All of our textured glass is made by Pilkington, ensuring excellent quality and durability.
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Pilkington Texture glass offers five levels of privacy, graded from 1 (least obscuration) to 5 (greatest obscuration).


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100% Pinot Bianco from Alto Adige, Italy.
SRP of $26 and available for as low as $17. Sample received courtesy Cornerstone Communications for review purposes.
"Grapes from outstanding single vineyards are selected for our top-quality Praedium wines: characteristic of the region with good body and a distinctive elegance.
Not a bad one in the group and the best news is that we're not done yet as we've got several more delicious wines lined up for the coming weeks. The 2010 Colterenzio Weisshaus Pinot Biancobegins with a really inviting aroma of pear, melon and a bit of zesty citrus. Tasting the wine reveals similar flavors to the bouquet along with good, zesty acidity, a wonderful rich taste and a really nice mouthfeel. Don't drink this wine too cold to get the best experience (i.e. if you put it in the fridge let it warm up a bit before drinking). It ends nicely with some chalky mineral notes. This wine has the potential to age 5-10 years. See a listing of local retailers selling this wine here.
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