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Members of the community and Humboldt State stand at the Arcata Plaza to demand that more be done by the school in response to racism happening on and around campus on June 10. | Photo by Thomas Lal
Racist Social Media Post Leads to Student Suspensions
Two Humboldt State University Students are Suspended from Campus Organizations
Grace Caswell
A video depicting three Humboldt State University students using the N-word multiple times and bullying a student's skin was posted to Instagram. HSU's administration released an official statement suspending two of the students from participating in their campus organizations.
The video was posted to an Instagram account run by HSU student, Victoria,"Vicky," Ah-You. She posted the video June 3, the day it was sent to her from a friend, who preferred to remain anonymous. Ah-You stated that the video was recorded prior to her post and hesitated when originally sent it.
"I can't reveal my source but a friend of mine sent it[the video] to me to use my platform to speak. She was too afraid to use her own platform," Ah-You said. "I believe the video was made at the end of 2019 but it was never spoke on because people felt uncomfortable."
Ah-You's intention behind posting the video was to expose the behavior occurring towards people of color in Humboldt County.
"I released the video because I am tired of being silent myself and I know a lot of my brothers and sisters, Black and of color, out here at Humboldt University are afraid as well," Ah-You said. "So I released the video to make a solid statement that we won't stand for it no longer."
Marley Peri, William Blohm and Vincenzo Jardino were the students shown in the racist video. Peri and Blohm participated in extracurricular activities, such as HSU Spirit Squad and the Chi Phi fraternity. Both were suspended from further participation.
After the video was posted, Peri and Blohm deleted their social media accounts after being tagged and identified as the people responsible for the racist behavior.
"If I'm being honest, I understand why the students took down their social media accounts. It caused a lot of outrage," Ah-You said. "They received a lot of threats and I didn't put that out there for them to receive threats. I put that out there for them to be checked. I think it was very cowardly to take down their accounts because if you're going to make a creative video stating those racial slurs, you should be willing to stand behind it and stand on it."
Ah-You stated that Peri posted an apology on Twitter but believes that's not enough. Ah-You and her friends have also reached out to HSU Spirit Squad and Chi Phi fraternity but got no response from them either.
The current consequences for the students is suspension from campus activities. Ah-You believes the students deserve harsher punishment. She feels that HSU needs to do more to show their support to their students of color.
"Their actions send a statement out loud whether they know it or not. They do not stand with us in solidarity and they do not support my Black brothers and sisters out here."
Victoria Ah-You
"If you're asking me if I think the students should be expelled, I do," Ah-You said. "This is not the first rodeo. I don't know these students but I can understand a mistake but just as my Brown brothers and sisters and my Black community has to stand behind our mistakes, they need to stand behind theirs too."
Ah-You is disappointed in HSU administration's efforts to combat the social media post. She believes the current handling of the situation is not enough and doesn't justify the severity of pain this video has caused the community.
"Their actions send a statement out loud whether they know it or not. They do not stand with us in solidarity and they do not support my Black brothers and sisters out here," Ah-You said. "It's been an ongoing issue. This video is just part of it. It's been going on forever. I've been out here going on seven years and it's just been going."
HSU Vice President of Enrollment Management Dr. Jason Meriwether commented on the issue stating that the recent response from the student body and Arcata community is acknowledged by administration especially due to the current Black Lives Matter movement happening within our country. However with the investigation still ongoing, not much can be said.
"I understand the deep sense of hurt and pain caused by racist systems, language, and behaviors," Meriwether said in an email. "Our students and campus community feels this right now due to the current national landscape, the very real history of racism, and even more from having this happen within our campus community. I cannot address the specifics of the current investigation or ongoing conduct process beyond the statement."
Currently, the two students remain suspended from campus organizations. Micaela Harris, an HSU student athlete, unhappy with the current consequences, organized a petition on Change.org demanding the students be expelled from school. A week after the petition was created, more than 21,000 people have signed. That's more than double the size of HSU's student body.
"The goal behind it[the petition] is to show HSU that this type of behavior should not ever be tolerated," Harris said in an email. "High schools are expelling their students for doing the same thing, yet a university isn't? Humboldt is one of the cheaper universities to go to so this means it is extremely diverse. It should be a safe place for students of color and this type of behavior should not be tolerated."
Meriwether has confirmed that HSU administrators are aware of the petition and are taking it into account with the ongoing investigation.
HSU AS President Jeremiah Finley responded to the recent incident, acknowledging the petition and expressing his outrage and sympathy with fellow HSU students who feel the suspension is not enough of a consequence.
"I would say I'm outraged as well, and their outrage is valid," Finley said in an email. "As the Leader of the Student union, I often try to understand the diverse opinions of our students before inserting my own, but so for me, it is clear from the outcry and petition going around that the vast majority of students will not tolerate this type of behavior here at HSU."
Finley elaborated on the enhanced responsibility and duty of students who partake in extracurricular campus activities and organizations, stating that students are held to high standards when they choose to participate.
"Students in organizations around campus are held to a higher standard," Finley said in an email. "From clubs to our Greek Orgs, sports teams and Associated Students. Still, these students and their situation exceed the internal workings of their organization, and the final outcome needs to be resolved at the HSU level."
Finley believes that the responsibility of the Spirit Squad and Chi Phi fraternity is to keep their participants and members in check. Such as monitoring their behavior and attitude towards others, as it not only represents their organization and its values but HSU's as well, both on and off campus.
"The responsibility that falls on them[HSU organizations] is not condoning it in any way, as well as ensuring that the atmosphere they have doesn't make it possible for that type of behavior to occur," Finley said in an email. "Finally calling out any type of microaggressions and racist remarks where they can."
Both HSU Spirit Squad and the Chi Phi fraternity failed to respond to requests to make a comment.
The recent social media frenzy has also stirred up racial tensions happening within HSU and the Arcata community, specifically the memory of the Josiah Lawson case. Protests, public demonstrations and marches have been the community's response to the exposure of the racist behavior.
Steven Jehly Monday, June 15, 2020
This does not reflect the Humboldt State University I attended. Peace, love and happiness is what the campus was all about. Peaceful anti-Vietnam war marches and rallies. Brotherhood and sisterhood. And the occasional "streaker". Sad to see this kind of news coming from my alma mater. I'm sure the fine students and folks from Arcata will reject what has been said.
Humboldt State University: BA-'72; Secondary-'73;
Elementary-'74.
Weird Wisened Wizard Saturday, July 25, 2020
I totally agree with you Steven J.! It makes me sad to see such a peaceful place "go to hell," quite literally! I Kinda had a feeling when I left the school in 2002 that I felt the area changing when I graduated in 2002 and knew it was a downward trend. I almost didn't want to leave the area because I felt like I would never see it the same way and sure enough, after seeing this and visiting there a few times prior to the China virus it is without a doubt not the same. But, then again, the whole state of California has gone down the pooper so it is to be expected. However, we all know who wins this battle. Evil is evil and Good is Good, and yes, we can make that distinction when we listen to our hearts. Pain=Evil. You cause pain, you are exhibiting evil and ignorance does not excuse you.


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The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
CineSavant Blu-ray Review
2004 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 118 min. / Street Date May 27, 2014 / 39.95
Starring: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia, Niels Koizumi, Pawel Wdowczak, Matthew Gray Gubler, Seymour Cassel.
Cinematography: Robert Yeoman
Film Editor: David Moritz
Visual Effects: Underwater scenes: Henry Selick
Original Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Written by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Produced by Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin
Directed by Wes Anderson
"Stay away from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. It's Wes Anderson's worst movie. It isn't funny. Nobody likes it." I followed this bad advice for roughly ten years, based also on the fact that I wasn't a huge fan of Wes Anderson. Membership in his fan club seems to require an inordinate interest in an exclusive, elitist club of spoiled characters that get to wander the world on someone else's dime, selfishly annoying people from their prep school days forward. Anderson's quirky Bottle Rocket was a lark because its silly characters were so fresh; its brand of slightly smug humor among the terminally self-obsessed seemed a really interesting concoction. Further movies seem to confirm that Anderson wasn't joking, however, and instead expected us to take seriously the problems (and depredations) of his elitist slackers. The entire universe seems to love The Royal Tenenbaums, when I'm afraid that I was blinded to Anderson's considerable directing talent by on overwhelming desire to see all of his characters taken to the nearest wall and shot. By contrast, the animated movie with George Clooney playing a fox is a happy charmer. An exotic context helps The Darjeerling Limited but not enough; by the end of the show we are expected to view the drowning of a little kid as a useful 'growth experience' for yet another callow Anderson tourist.
That then is my pitiful excuse for avoiding Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou for so long a time. As it turns out, I found this picture a delight. The characters aren't purebred leeches, not even Bill Murray's slightly depressed Jacques Cousteau wannabe, Steve Zissou. Instead of drifting through swanky hotels, Anderson's crew of misfits has an actual mission to perform, even if it is linked to a belief that a series of flaky nature films amounts to a meaningful life's work.
Essentially, Anderson's double-tiered approach to comedy (you take the sentimentality seriously, and we'll undercut your concern) works because the fraud in this case is Zissou's moviemaking lifestyle: no matter how dreadful the project, people following the lead of a charismatic director or producer will happily dedicate themselves to being part of a vital creative team. Zissou himself believes in the sanctity of his cinematic calling, no matter how inept his efforts. He sees no contradiction in the fact that he simultaneously acknowledges that his claim to greatness is B.S.: Zissou's "The Life Aquatic" movies are masterpieces because people believe they are. In the film's key scene, the crew gathers to watch a pitiful clip from a particularly insulting Zissou 'real life' nature documentary. "Those were the good old days", someone says.
At a fancy Italian film festival, oceanographer-filmmaker Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) is not pleased when his latest offering "The Jaguar Shark: Part One" fails to excite the audience, despite ending with the cliffhanger death of Esteban (Seymour Cassel), Steve's closest friend and partner. Financing for Part Two looks shaky, as neither Steve's wealthy, aloof wife Eleanor (Anjelica Huston) nor his producer Oseary Drakoulias (Michael Gambon) is particularly bullish on the chances of attracting investors. Steve hates his fabulously successful competitor Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum), who consistently wins all the available grant money. Worse, he's Eleanor's ex-husband, and she seems to prefer his company to that of Steve's. Esteban was killed by a huge, unknown creature Steve has provisionally called a 'Jaguar Shark', which Hennessey scoffs at in public. Vowing to kill the monster fish, Steve sets sail in his floating oceanography lab Belafonte, with his loyal (if eccentric) crew. Airline pilot Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson) shows up and announces that he may be Steve's son. Rather than find out for sure the needy Steve starts treating Ned as an emotional replacement for the lost Esteban. This upsets chief crewmember Klaus Daimler (Willem Dafoe), who expresses his resentment by pouting. Finally, the deal Drakoulias has worked out requires that Steve bring along two outsiders, "insurance company stooge" Bill Ubell (Bud Cort) and independent reporter Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett). Piqued that Blanchett seems to prefer the romantic advances of Ned, Steve wonders if Jane's article will be a slam exposing him as a fraud. The search for the Jaguar shark takes the Belafonte into 'unprotected waters' and into the clutches of a real terror of the sea lanes: Philippine pirates!
The Life Aquatic is a goofy spinoff of the world of Jacques Cousteau. Although today's kids probably never heard of the French oceanographer & filmmaker, in the 1950s and '60s we would grab up new issues of National Geographic to see the color photos of Cousteau's new adventures. His research ship Calypso carried a bright yellow mini-submarine in the shape of a flying saucer. From a public relations point of view, Jacques Cousteau was a modern Captain Nemo.
Anderson and his writing partner Noah Baumbach concoct a fanciful adventure that hangs together by virtue of a serial-like plot and a smiling awareness of its own charming triviality. At least half of the movie is a witty fantasy, with all of the sea life on view presented via stop motion animation. Bill Murray's Steve Zissou rattles off the names of ridiculous non-existent sea creatures as if they were second nature to him, but that's an illusion for his cameras. Both his bored wife Eleanor and the critical new reporter can tell that he often doesn't know what he's talking about. Murray might be playing Zissou as a more jaded Dr. Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters, after thirty years' worth of personal disappointments. Steve has pretty much lost the spark of real science or exploration. All that seems to matter to him is keeping the Zissou "man of adventure" image afloat, and in this case, vindicating his claim of a monstrous never-before-seen thing he calls a Jaguar Shark. When asked by an ecologically minded audience why he wants to kill the obviously rare creature, Steve answers, "Revenge."
The Life Aquatic is stacked to the gills with entertaining supporting characters that seem to be in on the joke yet play the story completely straight. The Belafonte's red-capped crew consists of lost souls that simply wandered into their jobs. Cate Blanchett's pregnant and frustrated writer Jane must fend off Steve's rude advances. That's bad Judgment on his part, considering that Jane's assignment is to profile Zissou's credibility as a scientist. Idealistic former childhood 'Zissou Club' member Ned finds that he shares with Steve the desire to heal their family. He's a little disappointed when his maybe-father immediately tries to re-shape and re-name him to better fit in with the Zissou public image. Using a thick German accent, Willem Dafoe's sweet, almost child-like Klaus can't control his jealousy at seeing Ned usurp his place as Steve's unofficial 'son'. It's a thrill, frankly, to see Dafoe playing something other than a murderous slimeball.
Steve not only cannot keep a personal promise, he's an outright crook. Company stooge Bill Ubell is shocked to see Zissou break into one of Alastair Hennessey's remote labs, and steal everything in sight. But Hennessey's obnoxious insults and ruthless business manner (in addition to his interest in Eleanor) put us firmly on Steve Zissou's side. More near-nonsensical adventures follow when the Belafonte steers into "unprotected waters" and becomes engaged in an amusing low-tension battle with pirates. Steve's impossible mission force looks like a group of wet-suited frogs, running across a beach to assault the ruins of an abandoned luxury hotel. When the group finally closes in on the Jaguar Shark, Steve has the documentation to put an impressive, moving "Part 2" onto the festival screen back in Italay.
1Designed and filmed by a largely Italian crew, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou makes excellent use of its adventure hardware, which on the big screen come off like a collection of toys. The Belafonte is outfitted with a helicopter, a mini-sub, a balloon, and a forward observation pod. Anderson even constructs a giant breakaway set to allow Murray's Zissou to conduct a guided tour. The Italian locations are convincingly fresh, even though we hardly have a clue as to where we are — all the place names are foolish-sounding inventions. Underwater scenes take place in multi-colored grottoes that look like design improvements on the plastic fakery in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. But even with its rampant artificiality, The Life Aquatic cost a pretty penny — Zissou's research ship is no CGI phony.
The Life Aquatic is a charming picture that takes an amusing light attitude about itself, and with no overriding Anderson issues. Even though the action plays out among some fabulously wealthy international types, their attitudes don't grate — they're all fairly charming, including the often annoying Owen Wilson, and Jeff Goldblum's snotty character. The spectacle of Goldblum's Hennessey running and fighting despite being shot through the chest, is typical of ridiculous events that fit right in with Anderson's whimsical vibe. It's not easy sustaining this kind of fantasy. Aquatic pulls it off well enough that we go along with its sentimental touches. What could have been another judgmental satire instead creates a nice feeling about people. Zissou's crew wants to contribute to something creative. True, they're engaged in a silly, adolescent quest, but nobody's perfect.
The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou pops off the screen with bright colors, especially those funny cutaways to fantastic, toy-like sea creatures. The costume designs and locations in Rome and various Italian ports and beaches look great in Robert Yeoman's widescreen images; the direction feels comedically loose even as the images are formally composed. The soundtrack makes use of David Bowie songs, sung in Portuguese by cast member Seu Jorge. Elsewhere we even get a little Ennio Morricone sampled in.
The extras will make any Wes Anderson fan happy. The director and his writer Noah Baumbach handle the audio commentary, while a lengthy making-of documentary breaks the movie's spell by proving that it isn't an improvised jaunt, but a huge undertaking with plentiful physical challenges filming on the open water. Other interviews abound, featuring Anderson, music composer Mark Mothersbaugh and other members of the cast and crew. A video journal is present, compiled by actor Matthew Gray Gubler, who plays one of Steve Zissou's "unpaid interns". And finally Seu Jorge performs more songs in Portuguese. I think I'll get deeper into the extras later. Web references point to a mass of special meanings behind most every invented place name, character name and fake animal name in the movie, and for the time being I'd rather just accept them at face value.
The insert folder transcribes a discussion of the film between Anderson and his brother, Eric Chase Anderson.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Blu-ray rates:
Movie: Excellent
Video: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Supplements: many, see above.
Deaf and Hearing-impaired Friendly? YES; Subtitles: English (feature only)
Packaging: One Blu-ray in Keep case
Reviewed: May 23, 2014
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The moviemaking subtext in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou brings out the giggles in this ex-film editor. Steve Zissou has a mini-film studio right on his boat. Searching for suitable music to go with a scene in his movie provides some funny moments, with Bill Murray 'dancing' to the beat of an awful synth track that sounds like it came from a terrible stock music library. We then see an entire action scene scored with this same ten-cent music cue.
It reminded me 100% of experiences editing little movies of one kind or another, for producers who didn't know or care about things like music. I'd invariably be dispatched to a so-called Music Libary, where some guy would place the same 50 tapes in front of me no matter what kind of music I asked for. And no matter what I audited, it all sounded like the pitiful, lame music Zissou approves for his film. It all strikes me as being funny as hell. The difference between then & now is that today's young filmmakers try to do everything themselves. Many are brilliant at finding great music, and if they can't find what they want they know enough to throw something together with digital programs. More power to them.
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THE ROYAL ROGUE
Title: THE ROYAL ROGUE
"The Royal Rogue is undeniably a scorching-hot romance, but it's so much more -- an absolutely swoon-worthy love story that packs an emotional punch. Don't miss this delicious, satisfying royal romance." Frolic Media
Every family has a black sheep - even the royal ones.
In the royal family of Denmark, that black sheep is me. Princess Stella, the scandalous divorcee, the only single mom in the family. It doesn't bother me what people say. It's always been me and my daughter against the world.
Then that world of mine gets turned upside down.
Prince Orlando of Monaco, whom the media has dubbed "The Royal Rogue" for many good reasons, comes to stay. The lewd words that leave his lips are inappropriate in any company. He seems to enjoy getting under my skin- and pretty soon, under my royal bedclothes as well.
It's just a brief but torrid affair. Full of hot, dirty sex and nothing else.
Until that nothing else turns into something more, in the form of a big surprise.
I thought I got that wicked royal rogue out of my system but there's a link between us now that neither of us can ignore.
A baby.


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Cities Are Taking Advantage Of Less Traffic To Rethink Their Roads
Published April 16, 2020 at 4:18 PM EDT
Streets are noticeably quiet now with stay-at-home orders in place. Gone are the rattling trucks, the smell of exhaust and the gridlock, and in their place are joggers, cyclists and dog walkers - many of them wearing masks, all looking to stay active during the lockdown. And some cities are taking advantage of this moment to rethink how people can use the roads. Alex Davies wrote about this for Wired, and he joins us now.
ALEX DAVIES: Hi. Thanks for having me.
CHANG: Thanks for being with us. So you live in Berkeley, Calif., and I understand that they have disabled the buttons that pedestrians press to cross the street. Why did they do that?
DAVIES: They did that for a basic public health reason. These are the little metal buttons that you push when, as a pedestrian, you want to get a walk signal the next time the light turns red which, otherwise, you wouldn't automatically get. And the idea is that, you know, if we can get everybody to be pushing one less thing in public that's a shared metal surface that could be holding pathogens and spreading...
CHANG: Right.
DAVIES: ...The coronavirus, then better to disable those.
CHANG: That sounds pretty reasonable. OK, and other cities are taking even bigger steps. They're closing streets to cars and just turning them into pedestrian zones. Tell us what you're seeing.
DAVIES: So a bunch of cities have done this because what's happened essentially is that the demand for street space, the demand among people to get outside hasn't really gone down. But the demand from cars has disappeared largely. So what you haven't said is people trapped inside who either need to walk to work now or need to walk to their public transit station or who just want to be outside for a jog or walk their dog or a breath of fresh air - and because now, all of a sudden, every person needs six feet of space around them, which is roughly the space, you know, your average passenger car needs...
CHANG: Good point.
DAVIES: ...Then cities - some cities have moved to actually shut down streets in certain areas and say, we're going to close traffic off to the streets - no more vehicles driving here. And that way, people just have that room that, in normal times, is dedicated to vehicles.
CHANG: Yeah.
DAVIES: It can now be used by pedestrians or people biking.
CHANG: Yeah. I mean, a lot of people also, you know - they rely on trains and buses to get to work. And with public transit now operating on way more limited schedules, you write that some cities are making it easier for people to bike. So how are they doing that exactly?
DAVIES: So Bogota, for example, in Colombia has been really progressive here. They've already got a pretty robust cycling infrastructure. But what they've done on some major streets is, because car traffic there is now so far down from its normal levels, they've been able to take a whole lane out of those streets. And they just lined it up with traffic cones, and they said, this is now a temporary bike lane. Berlin has accelerated plans that were already in the works to ramp up its bike network. Budapest has put in temporary bike lanes. And the idea here is that it's important for these networks to become more robust...
DAVIES: ...Because the people who need to get outside are not only the people who want to go outside for a walk, a breath of fresh air, keep their sanity intact. People still need to move around in this time, and cycling is an important way to do that, especially when public transit levels are greatly cut back.
CHANG: Alex Davies is the transportation editor at Wired.
Thank you so much for joining us today.
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Royal Oak Bill
A bill from the Royal Oak dating from the 1880s. Picture courtesy of Dean Emery.
Back of the Royal Oak
Normally the earliest date given for the Royal Oak establishment is 1783, which is when the name Royal Oak first appears in a trade directory. However, the Royal Oak named there is the Old Royal Oak, meaning this establishment was first mentioned from around 1809.
The Royal Oak Hotel was one of the town's main coaching houses and until at least 1912 the hotel also acted as a posting house and excise office.
An old article on the BBC website, about Staffordshire's oldest pubs mentioned a ghost called George at the Royal Oak.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/image_galleries/oldest_pubs_gallery.shtml?10
In 1809 the Cheadle road tolls were offered for let in the hotel by way of an auction, the area stretched from Blyth Marsh (a hamlet now part of Blythe Bridge) to Spen Lane in Derbyshire.
The coronation of George IV in 1821, was celebrated at the Royal Oak with a public dinner; the tickets to which cost 5s.
In June 1825, proprietor Thomas Sulfolk left the Royal Oak to run the Unicorn Inn, located at the opposite end of the High Street.
Towards the middle of the 1820s, the Royal Oak's reputation appears to have suffered for some reason. With sale notices in 1826 describing it as "formerly well accustomed". The same notices informed potential tenants, "The house and buildings are intended immediately to undergo a thorough alteration and repair, and as considerable additions and improvements will made".
On 11 September 1826 in the Staffordshire Advertiser, Thomas Munton announced that he had taken on the Royal Oak Inn. Previously Munton had worked at the Castle Hotel in Birmingham as a waiter. The notice also states that "the rooms are newly fitted up in a superior style". After Thomas died in March 1828 his widow and daughter, continued running the business.
Pigot & Co.'s National Directory 1828-29 notes: Coach to Birmingham from Manchester calls at the Royal Oak, every afternoon at one, the coach to Manchester calls every afternoon at the same hour.
Around the end of 1835, Mrs Munton looks to have left the running of the business to her daughter – with newspapers referring to it as "the house of Miss Munton".
The 1845 pew allocations, there are a number of pews linked with the inn. These are assigned to Lord of the Manor, Sir John Buller Yarde-Buller. While this shows they owned the property, it could also mean it was built by the Bullers.
Isabella Munton remained at the Royal Oak until early 1849, when she sold her personal belongings before leaving the area.
Cheadle Amateur Dramatic Society gave a performance of 'Venice Preserved' during February 1852, in the large (assembly?) room at the Royal Oak. This was followed by a production of T. Allingham's farce 'Fortune's Frolic'.
Until 1855 Cheadle's Petty Session Court was held at the Royal Oak in the clubhouse. John Michael Blagg and his son Charles objected to this arrangement and the sessions were permanently moved to the premises operated by the Police.
A public meeting was held in April 1860 at the Royal Oak, to discuss the formation of a Churnet Valley Volunteer Rifle Corp, this was held in the Assembly Room and was very well attended. In a later meeting the name Moorland Volunteer Rifle Corp was decided upon. Their regular meeting place became the Royal Oak's clubhouse.
The Royal Oak remained part of the Buller estate until 1872, when it was sold to the landlord William Barnes.
Cheadle's Masonic Lodge (St.Giles: No. 1587) was formed in 1876 and the Royal Oak was their meeting place for a number of years.
The Stone based brewery John Joules and Son owned the pub from around 1877.
In 1883 landlord Ralph Heath left the pub trade to join the Blue Ribbon Army, a society against the consumption of alcohol.
Following the cutting of Cheadle Railway's first sod in 1888 a banquet was held at the pub in celebration.
From 1900 prior to the railway opening, a omnibus service would operate from the Royal Oak. It left Cheadle at 8.10 am and took passengers to Blythe Bridge railway station, this service stopped when Cheadle's station opened in 1902.
The Royal Oak's telephone number in 1906 was No. 16 on the Cheadle exchange.
Cheadle Rifle Club was formed in 1906, this group was a modern version of the Moorland Volunteer Rifle Corp. As part of the celebrations, the old volunteers were treated to a dinner at the Royal Oak.
Pigeon racing was a popular pastime in Cheadle and the Royal Oak Hotel paid host to The Cheadle and District Homing Society. Pigeon racing was banned in 1914 due to the war and it wasn't until 1917 when racing in Cheadle began again, although by this time it was decided to join some of the groups together to form the Cheadle Amalgamation Society.
At one time there was a sign outside the building proudly proclaiming that this was the centre of Cheadle and local school children would be taught as such.
In 1940 the pub's telephone number was 3116.
The Cheadle and District Cage Bird Society used this pub as their meeting place in the late 1950s.
The brewery 'Bass Worthington' owned the pub by 1980. In 1989 they applied to SMDC for planning permission to install new signs.
While Alton Towers' rollercoater Corkscrew was being installed, the construction crew stayed at the Royal Oak.
In 1993 as part of a newspaper article related to tourism, landlord Royston Shaw (presumably Bill) mentioned that four more rooms were going to be added to property.
Punch Taverns owned the building by 1998, which is when SMDC allowed a series of external alterations. In 2007 they also got approval for some internal alterations and the construction of a smoking shelter. A few years later in 2010 planning permission was passed for a series of new signs, but this never went ahead.
Following a series of short closures over the next few years, the doors closed for good in December 2013.
Information regarding planning permission and a campaign to save the building can be found on Page 2.
William Labdon (Staffordshire Advertiser 1809, 1819)
Thomas Sulfolk (Staffordshire Advertiser 1820, 1826) [until June 1825]
Mr Smith (Staffordshire Advertiser 1825)
Thomas Munton (Staffordshire Advertiser 1826, 1827, 1828)
Elizabeth and Isabella Munton [Widow and Daughter of Above] (Staffordshire Advertiser 1828, White's Directory of Staffordshire 1834 and Staffordshire Advertiser 1835)
Isabella A. Munton (Staffordshire Advertiser 1836, Pigot's Directory of Staffordshire 1842, Staffordshire Advertiser 1849)
George Jackson (Staffordshire Advertiser 1849, 1852) [until 1853]
William Barnes [from April 1853] (Staffordshire Advertiser 1853, Kelly's Post Office Directory 1860 and 1872) [until 1876]
Ralph Heath [July 1878- March 1883] (Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire and Cheadle Herald)
James Churches (Cheadle Herald 1884, Staffordshire Sentinel 1893)
John Thomas Milward (Cheadle Herald 1898, Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1900) [until 1901]
Beatrice Alice Milward [Widow of Above] (Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1904)
Mrs A. M. Dobbs (Staffordshire Sentinel 1905, 1906 and 1907)
J. B. Birch (Staffordshire Sentinel 1908)
Alice Churches (c.1910 Information and Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1912)
Mr Steele (Staffordshire Sentinel 1918)
Miss Gertie Hughes (Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1921)
Miss L. Fowles (Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1924 and 1932)
Cyril Jack Holding (Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1940, Staffordshire Sentinel 1946)
E. Alfred Chandler (Cheadle Post and Times 1959) [until Sept 1959]
Gordon James Townsend [from Sept 1959] (Cheadle Post and Times 1959)
Graham and Mavis Jepson [1969 until July 1974] (Cheadle Post and Times 1974)
Christine and Neville Parkes (Cheadle Post and Times 1979), 1984 (Info from Facebook)
Audrey and Bill Roberts
Royston 'Bill' Shaw [from around 1987] (Cheadle Post and Times 1995)


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Taking my own advice is hard! Last week instead of dutifully, responsibly writing my blog, I did what I constantly tell my 'people' to do – just go have fun!
Which brought me to the question that I ponder often; what is fun for me?
Because I am a coach, I spend a lot of time reading other coaches' books, blogs, advice, methods, etc. I also read a lot of biographies about successful people. And I love to spend time with my clients helping them discover what's great about them. Therefore, I try on other peoples' methods and suggestions for feeling good, for having fun and for the 'secrets' to success. This is helpful and inspiring, but it can also be exhausting.
Then, I had this dream. In my dream Keith Urban was driving a motorbike and I was riding along as his passenger. Keith, (I call him by his first name. He's in my dream, after all!) became distracted and I cautioned him, "just keep your eyes on the road, buddy!" As he returned his attention to driving he ran us through a glass partition, and kept going! He then began going faster and driving rather recklessly on streets where there were children. He stopped at a convenience store and went in to buy soda. (of course.) Then he exited the store and began just walking away. I was left pushing the motorbike (because I don't know how to drive one) and following after him, trying to get his attention. That's all I remember. After going through the major elements using the analysis tools I have adopted, the gist of the dream's meaning was that I am being driven by 'popular and or famous'(represented by Keith Urban) ideals of what is fun or what will move me forward (the motorbike vehicle). I am not in the driver's seat (literally) when I follow their tools and techniques and may not like the results – as in where I'm going and how I get there. In order to move along MY path I am to discover, adopt, develop and or invent my own tools and techniques – mode of transport - to get there. The fastest easiest way, I tell my 'peeps', is to find what's fun for you! Our deepest selves know what we want and where we want to go. Doing what's fun is the path to finding that out.
Rest: As I allow myself the rest I want/need, I am better able to tune into what it is I really desire. It means that I am not substituting other behaviours/habits like coffee, junk food or TV for what I really need. Sometimes that means going to bed early or napping in the afternoon. Other times it means taking 5 in the restroom during a stressful work situation.
Tuning In: My most effective tool right now is sitting in my meditation space (my office), doing a mind/body connection practice and then allowing a 'brainstorm' of ideas around what would be fun right now. As each idea arises I observe how my body responds to the idea. An expansive, light feeling is my body feeling positive about the idea and a tight, heavy feeling is a negative feeling about an idea. I am going for the positive feeling that also has a natural motivating energy behind it – it feels good and I want to do it! I even do this with what do I want to eat right now? What do I want to wear today?
Baby Steps: All this effort may seem tedious, but I have years and years of habitual 'must be productive and work hard' and 'do things right,' wiring to overcome and this is how I do it for right now.
It is easy to fall back into old patterns of thoughts and behaviours. By paying attention to the small changes that I am instituting it helps me to stay on track and less likely to fall back. I notice I feel happier, lighter more expansive. I notice creative ideas just pop up. I notice the things around me that I take for granted and I really appreciate them.
Last week, when I thought I 'should' be writing a blog, I went for a bike ride (on my own two wheeler!!!) and it was fun. The sun was warm, there was a slight cool breeze. I strapped on my helmet, plugged in my ear buds and listened to a very enjoyable coach recording!
The most obvious transformation arising from this discovering and allowing training is realizing that fun is more a state of mind than an activity. When I am in the feeling state of I can do, have, create whatever I want, then everything becomes fun. Fun is the journey and the destination.


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Our emergency department is one of the busiest and most innovative in the nation. This year we will care for over 160,000 patients while keeping the average time to see a doctor at about 30 minutes. Located in the the brand-new 230,000 square foot Critical Care Building. Our state-of-the-art department has been streamlined to get the right care to each patient as quickly as possible. Our facilities include specialized units for trauma, critical care, pediatrics (24/7), geriatrics, psychiatric emergencies, palliative medicine and ambulatory complaints.
Our experts include 50 Board-certified physicians many of whom are fellowship trained in sub-specialties that include: pediatric emergencies, toxicology, EMS, Ultrasound, Neurologic Emergencies, Palliative and Hospice Care, Family medicine and International medicine. Our physicians work collaboratively with the 125 nurses and 100+ allied health professions that make up the rest of our emergency department family. The care we provide is truly a team-based effort.
As part of St. Joe's mission to provide medical education our department is the host to a four-year residency in emergency medicine founded in 2004. Each year our 24 emergency medicine residents are joined by over 80 other rotating residents, 120 medical students , and numerous nursing, medical tech and paramedic/EMT students to create a vibrant center for clinical education.
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St. Joseph's Wayne Emergency Department is proud to serve the emergency care needs of its community: the residents of Wayne and the surrounding towns of Passaic, Bergen, and Morris counties. We evaluate and treat close to 30,000 patients of all ages annually. Our ED features a 20-bed treatment area, including a critical care area, negative pressure rooms, and a decontamination area.
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Following up on a conversation McKinnon had last year with BOB 2008 award winning Beijing lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan, she did some empirical study on how much chinese blog service providers (BSP) interfere with their hosted blogs on sensitive topics. It turns out that what Liu had observed with his own blogs is true: There is a high degree of variation. Of the 108 entries with sensitive content that McKinnon and her teams consistently posted on 15 different blogging platforms the most rigorous BSP deleted 60, the most lenient only 1!
Yesterday Deutsche Welle announced the winners of the Best of Blogs Award 2008. Winner in the chinese language section is the Beijing-based lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan (刘晓原). Liu, who blogs about all kinds of legal matters, has recently received some international press coverage when representing the mother of Yang Jia, the man who had killed six police officers in Shanghai on July 1st and had subsequently become some kind of popular hero with the chinese public, especially after some irregularities during his trial. Yang Jia has been executed on November 26.


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The report found that machine learning marketing solutions are often constrained by lack of internal expertise or technical reasons. Marketers also felt they didn't completely trust the technology when it came to brand control.
However, 33% of respondents confirmed they were planning to invest in machine learning for communications personalization, and a majority 64% of the marketing executives surveyed said that "optimized message targeting" and "real-time personalized advertising insertions" are key areas where machines will deliver business benefits by 2020.
Just as with dynamic web or mobile ads, machine learning can greatly improve and optimize video advertising performance. By learning from individual consumer responses to videos, machine learning personalizes content for each shopper's online behavior. Over time, in this ongoing performance optimization process, machine learning refines and delivers increasingly personalized advertising creative content.
This is important because personalization, and personalized video ads especially, are proving to be more important – and effective – than ever. As AdWeek recently reported, pairing compelling creative with personalized content is key to successful advertising campaigns.
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Machine learning delivers on not just personalization, but also handles all the manual work of data preparation, analysis, and delivery at scale. This frees up creative staff to do what they do best: create imaginative content as a foundation for marketing campaigns. The campaigns in turn are continuously informed by real-time, relevant behavioral data, collected by machine learning.
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Abandoned But Not Forgotten, Number Twenty!
What a difference a season makes (and the passage of nearly 30 years). Here is a picture of the abandoned bobsleigh and luge track from Sarajevo, the site of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. Following the Olympics, the track continued to be used for World Cup competitions until the start of the Yugoslav wars in 1991 (which included the siege of Sarajevo in 1992). And, even though the track was damaged as a result of this siege (some defensive fighting holes were drilled into one of the last turns of the course), it remains mostly intact. Nowadays the tracks are the target/victim of graffiti-type vandalism.
Here are the final results for the 1984 Men's Bobsleigh competition (four-men and two-men).
Here are the final results for the 1984 Men's (double and single) and 1984 Women's (single) Luge competition.
While vacations are fun, and relaxing, and certainly necessary for maintaining one's sanity, it is surprisingly amazing how we eventually will reach that point where we actually look forward to (and need to) return home. It is always good to be Back Home Again.
Following a week of hiking the Grand Canyon, I am truly humbled by the glory of God and his amazing grace. Here's an inspiring version of "Amazing Grace" (ala Celtic Thunder), of course, I have not yet found a version that I haven't liked.
I never tire of nature's beauty . . . and to be able to travel, explore, and enjoy this great world of ours . . . I am truly blessed (and thankful). And, as much as I enjoy a capella music, here is a wonderful rendition of How Great Thou Art by Sam Robson. Enjoy!
I just loved the "Sister Act" movies and I felt that this song would be an excellent candidate for the day we started our hike down the north rim into the canyon . . . awake well before dawn to get an early start . . . Oh Happy Day!
No tribute could be complete without including Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. In our busy lives, how often do we truly take the time to sit back and reflect on the beauty all around us? That's the whole point for some of my trips/vacations . . . to commune with nature and just delight in the wonder of the world.
Here is a fabulous version of America the Beautiful (courtesy of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir); I can think of no better way to kick off this tribute to this awesome natural wonder (the Grand Canyon). Of course each and every post this week will pay tribute to and be equally inspiring (hopefully) as I reflect on the time spent hiking and enjoying the beauty all around me.


Awesome song by the Flaming Lips. This is actually the entire song: in Flaming Lips fashion, most of the song is just "And all your bad days will end" repeated, as well as awesome instrumentals. If you think this song is familiar, you must've watched a certain scene in Batman Forever.


Why are we giving OECTA free advertising? I rather doubt anyone reading this has any illusions about OECTA's orthodoxy.
Sadly, I think - until the last year or so with the advent of the GSA business - a lot of people thought they were Catholic because of the word.
They may not be orthodox, but they are - literally - creating a hell of an amount of damage amongst school children.
If only the worst situation was the use of rap and other barbaric practices in school... one could perhaps forgive them the lack of taste and inability to discern Schubert from a sherbet.


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Common Ruins
Register: JAN/27/2019, Submit: JAN/30/2019, Eligibility: Students, graduated, freelance architects, designers, artists; individually, teams (any number of members, at least one member between 18 and 35 years old, members can to be from different countries and universities), Fee: 75 EUR (OCT/29 – NOV/25/2018), 100 EUR (NOV/26 – DEC/23/2018), 150 EUR (DEC/24/2018 – JAN/27/2019); +22% VAT, Awards: 1st Prize 10,000 EUR, 2nd Prize 4,000 EUR, 3rd Prize 2,000 EUR, 4 Gold Mentions 1,000 EUR each, 5 "Castle Choice" Mentions, 5 Honorable Mentions, 30 Finalists
There is a special fascination in ruins. There is a sublime hint in dissolved architectures. There is something moving in the pulverizing of time. Silence takes over the architecture. In the long sunset that follows abandonment and preludes destruction, nature completes the design of mankind by taking space back according to its own pace. In that moment, something magical happens. In that moment, architecture gives way to ruins. The castle of Mothe Chandeniers, France, is a perfect ruin. It is lost in the French countryside.
It is a gothic lace embroidered in stone. It is an enchanted mirage fluctuating on a calm lake. It is embraced by jealous vegetation that has been twining its bastions and architectures as a greedy lover. The castle evokes an intimate embrace between history, architecture and nature. Faraway from mankind, this place has achieved its most resplendent beauty. However, now it needs mankind in order to forestall its ultimate destruction.
Dartagnans is a fund aiming at protecting and safeguarding the international artistic heritage. Recently, it has purchased the castle thanks to more than 27910 shareholders' donations. Today, through YAC, Mothe Chandeniers invites designers to highlight the natural fascination of the castle in order to transform it into a destination of contemplation and relax for tourists and visitors from all over the world.
How to transform a ruin into a cutting edge tourist-accommodation facility? How to make a neo-gothic shell communicate with contemporary architecture? These are the questions on which Common Ruins lays its foundations. This competition offers designers the opportunity to dedicate their own design action to one of the most fascinating ruins in the world. They will do so by designing a visitors' center aiming at ensuring a unique, spiritual and regenerating hospitality experience.
At the sunset of a building, architecture itself has to protect the remarkable combination of human action and natural activity that is the fascination of Mothe Chandeniers. Architecture has to save the castle from the erosion of time in order to give it back to the community that purchased it. It is an unprecedented challenge that invites designers to deal with a place with a surreal beauty able to create oneiric and refined holiday scenarios. Designers will have to highlight such feature carrying out an architectural intervention aiming to be the milestone of contemporary architecture.
Decades of abandonment have significantly affected the structural elements of the castle. Fire and weathering have highly deteriorated their static performances. Consequently, the first intervention to the castle will be a consolidation operation. According to the purposes of the owners, this operation will aim at maintaining the current state of the ruins, including its main trees. After consolidating the castle from collapses, a series of contemporary architectural interventions will be finally carried out. They will enhance the visit, the discovery and the extraordinary potential of the castle. To this end, a distinction should be drawn between different interventions:
It includes the castle, the moat and the chapel. Demolitions are not permitted. It is possible to carry out whichever new intervention aiming at improving the visit/discovery of the castle. It is possible to insert suspended routes, gangways, new volumes and floating, raised or suspended structures. Designers can choose between maintaining or removing trees according to their interpretation of the castle. They can preserve its romantic feature of ruin or 7 partially recover its original splendor.
it includes the garden. Any intervention is admitted. The creation of new above ground or underground spaces will be admitted as long as they mark a route that improves the usability of the castle. On this route the new architectures will have to guarantee particularly fascinating views respecting both nature and the historical architectures. A rearrangement of the green areas and hydraulic systems is admitted too (new stretches of water, canals etc.).
Any intervention will have to aim at:
improving the accessibility/visitability of the castle
guaranteeing the full legibility of the contemporary intervention, through a distinguishable relationship between the nature, the ancient and the contemporary
achieving the best environmental sustainability
using materials which are consistent with the historical architecture (they can be either assonant or dystonic elements) and lush surroundings
guaranteeing the best usability for disabled visitors
The competition Commons ruins offers architects an unprecedented tapestry of design stimuli. The issue of the relationship between artificial and natural is a fundamental feature of a place where the stone acanthuses of the Gothic ironically meet the living ones that have grown in the ruins. This place also delves into the dialogue between ancient and contemporary. It is the most refined example to think of such relationship. In the castle, architecture, nature and history tell their most remarkable story. They evoke and express the deeply romantic feeling that probably inspired the nineteenth-century renovation. The challenge of Mothe Chandeniers deals with the mysterious relationship between the different elements that compose the unique beauty of a place. It also deals with uses and new tourist-accommodation models. As a matter of fact, the castle is owned by a fund that protects the interest of more than 27,910 investors. Any tourist interpretation of the castle will have to take into account the collective and shared aspect of the real estate. Consequently, it will have to focus on uses aiming at an individual and experiential discovery of the ruins as part of visit models that have to be as open and common as possible. Therefore, designers will have to meet the need of an exclusive, interior, emotional experience (consistent with the nature of the castle) considering the complexity of a high number of users. Hereby follows a list of different functional possibilities. It is important to underline that the composition, integration and reshuffling of these scenarios shall be under total discretion of designers.
1. Visitors' center
Mothe Chandeniers is a rare and valuable sedimentation of the European and French history. Its stories are linked to people as Louis XIII, cardinal Richelieu, Napoleon and other distinguished men and women. For this reason, the facility will have to include suitable spaces to tell the story of the castle and the families who lived in it. Designers will have to create an architectural route around the castle. It will have to ensure the knowledge of the stories of the fortress including a series of spectacular views on the ruins. This is one of the numerous elements aiming at witnessing and enhancing the history of the castle.
2. Shop
This place will include the merchandising of the castle and a specialized bookshop. Here, medieval literature and non-fiction can find their perfect place surrounded by suggestive and fascinating ruins.
3. Restaurant/biofarm
In this space visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy a refreshing break tasting French food and wine specialties. Cheeses, game and delicious wines will ensure a multi-sensory experience of the castle. The visual discovery of fascinating spaces will be combined with the discovery of typical tastes and scents of the past and the tradition of this breathtaking area of France.
4. Theater/events area
Mothe Chandeniers is an extraordinary natural scenery flat. It is the perfect set design for any show or artistic/musical performance. Today as in the 16th century, the castle will host actors, musicians and performers again. In this place they will entertain the audience ensuring suggestive experiences where art can boast an enchanted context able to enhance contents and meanings.
5. Castle villas
Mothe Chandeniers will have to ensure adequate hospitality solutions for all those visitors who want to escape their everyday routine to relax in the castle. Anytime of the year, Mothe Chandeniers can guarantee a remarkable and prodigious splendor, also thanks to the ever-changing sky and colors of nature. Minimal modules in the ruins, floating elements on the stretches of water, suites equipped with any comfort and glass windows framing the suggestive views of the castle are some of the possible solutions to ensure an original and exclusive offer. Tourists will enjoy a regenerating context both for the spirit and the body.
6. Wellness services
Observing the castle covered in snow immersed in the vapors of a heating swimming pool is just one of the possible scenarios of wellness services. They can either be private and situated in every castle villa or centralized and public. The integration of such elements will guarantee a unique and unforgettable experience of the castle.
7. Nature/ruins observatory
It is an equipped trail to better discover the castle and the surrounding nature. Gangways connecting the ruins, meditation and relax spaces or panoramic viewpoints will have to guide visitors in a unique experience. It will be ideal to catch sight of animals, observe seasons or discover every valuable detail of the castle. This trial will enable visitors to stand on the porticos that slight touch water, observe sensual roots twining the castle and find hidden friezes or statues peeking out from scented piles of dry leaves.
Website: youngarchitectscompetitions.com
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The sleek new 450 Hayes mammoth (i.e., the new complex next to former Flippers Burgers), which has drastically and dramatically changed the landscape of Hayes Valley's main drag, is open for business. And one of its penthouses is up for grabs.
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Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicide
Mother who attempted suicide writes open letter to A&E staff saying "Stop judging me"
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"When I attend your department I can guarantee it's as a last resort. I'll have spent up to an hour tending to my cuts, trying to dress them and have been mentally running through the pros and cons of presenting at A&E to seek help. (There are always more cons) I have never took that decision to attend lightly."
James Connell
A MUM from Worcester who has attempted suicide several times has written an open letter to the city's A&E department asking staff to show more compassion for people like her.
Mother-of-three Sasha Bailey-Dean who lives in Worcester city centre first tried to commit suicide when she was only eight years old and wants doctors and nurses in Worcester's A&E to show more compassion and understanding for people who end up there because they have self-harmed.
During her life she has made five attempts on her life, sometimes using an overdose of prescription drugs, and at other times by self-inflicted injuries using blades.
She suffers from borderline personality disorder but says she is rarely treated with compassion at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester because her injuries may be self-inflicted.
However, she wanted to stress that she had received excellent care from the community mental health team and at Holt ward at the Elgar Unit in Worcester, managed by the Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
The 36-year-old, who runs a support site on Facebook called 'Glitter & Hope' for people with borderline personality disorder, said she wanted to provide a voice for other people who had self-harmed in the past.
Miss Bailey-Dean, who is receiving Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for her condition, said her letter was based on around nine or 10 visits to Worcester's A&E when she had been treated by staff in an "unfortunate manner" because she has either self-harmed or attempted suicide.
Borderline Personality DisorderDBTSuicide
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As a way to help our cyclists stay on the road and to encourage more people to pedal instead of drive, UMKC established, The Hub, an on-campus bike station located at 5030 Cherry. The Hub provides repair and maintenance for UMKC Clean Commute loaner bikes at no cost. UMKC students, staff and faculty may also visit The Hub to get a non-loner bike repaired, volunteer, or learn more about alternative transportation options around Kansas City.
Swinney Recreation Center manages the 'Clean Commute' bicycle program where over 50 bikes are available each school semester (summer, fall, spring). Swinney Recreation Center also has 2 bikes that are available for daily check out to students and SRC members.
For semester-long bike loans, stop by The Hub for more information (hours and address are below). Bicycles are available on a first come, first serve basis. First week of each semester is open to first time program riders only, returns are welcome the following week.
The Hub, an on-campus bike station, helps our cyclists stay on the road and to encourage more people to pedal instead of drive. The Hub provides low cost repair and maintenance for bicycles; UMKC students, staff and faculty may also visit The Hub to get a non-loner bike repaired, volunteer, or learn more about alternative transportation options around Kansas City.
The new hours will be effective Wednesday, January 19, 2017. The last scheduled day for The Hub during the spring semester will be Wednesday, May 3, 2017.
All bicycles are due back on or before Wednesday, May 3, 2017.
*Please note The Hub may be closed on University recognized national holidays and when academic classes are not in session.
Charges will apply for parts and labor on installation and major adjustments. The bicycle mechanic will provide an estimate at time of service.


Smith, Tomorra E., Kolka, Randall K., Zhou, Xiaobo, Helmers, Matthew J., Cruse, Richard M., Tomer, Mark D.
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) constitutes a small yet important part of a watershed's carbon budget because it is mobile and biologically active. Agricultural conservation practices such as native perennial vegetation (NPV) strips will influence carbon cycling of an upland agroecosystem, and could affect how much DOC enters streams in runoff, potentially affecting aquatic ecosystems. In a study conducted in Iowa (USA), four treatments with strips of NPV varying in slope position and proportion of area were randomly assigned among 12 small agricultural watersheds in a balanced incomplete block design. Runoff samples from 2008 to 2010 were analyzed for DOC and correlated with flow data to determine flow weighted DOC concentrations and loads. Data were analyzed for the entire 3 years, annually, seasonally, monthly, by flow event size and for one extreme storm event. Overall we found few differences in DOC concentration with the exception that concentrations were greater in the 10 % NPV at the footslope watersheds than the 20 %NPV in contours watersheds over the 3 years, and the 100 % agricultural treatment had higher DOC concentrations than all NPV treatments during the one extreme event. Because the NPV treatments reduced runoff, DOC export tended to be highest in the 100 % agricultural watersheds over the 3 years and during high flows. We also compared two watersheds that were restored to 100 % NPV and found decreases in DOC concentrations and loads indicating that complete conversion to prairie leads to less watershed DOC export. Regression results also support the contention that increases in the percentage of NPV in the watershed decreases watershed export of DOC. Further analysis indicated that DOC concentrations were diluted as flow event size increased, independent of any treatment effects. It appears groundwater sources become an important component to flow as flow event size increases in these watersheds.


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The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Malaysia. They may be published in Malay or in other languages, including English and Chinese.

Women's magazine, comic magazines, film magazines and others are common in Malaysia. The first women's magazine was published in Malaysia in 1932. In the 2000s there were nearly fifty local titles addressing women in the country. These magazines also include those having an Islamic perspective. Some international women's magazines are also published in Malaysia. One of them is Elle Malaysia, which was first published in March 2014. Another one, Women's Health, was started in April 2015.

A
Aliran Monthly
Aswaq

B
Bandwidth Street Press

C

 Commercial Concept

D

 Designer Concept

G
Galaxie
Gempak Starz
Glam
 Glam Lelaki
 Gusti

F
female

H
Harper's Bazaar
Her World
 Hijabista

I
 Intisari Magazine

K
Komik Manga Naruto
Kreko Magazine

M
Malaysia Insider
Mangga Magazine
Metropolitan Home
Mingguan Wanita
Motor Trader Magazine
Musotrees

N
 Nona
 Nur
 Nüyou

P
The Peak

R
The Rocket
Roda-Roda

S
Suasana Bintang Filem

T
Third World Resurgence
Tatler Malaysia
Tatler Homes

U
Utusan Konsumer

W
Wanita

See also
 List of newspapers in Malaysia

References

Malaysia

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Khanom Tom (Thai : ขนมต้ม) or coconut balls are a very old Thai dessert from the Sukhothai period and are traditionally used for auspicious ceremonies. Khanom tom consist of glutinous rice flour , grated coconut , pandanus juice , salt , and brown sugar. Khanom Tom is sweet-smelling, sweet and the texture is smooth ,soft and sticky.
Putting the grated coconut in the pot and steam until hot.
Mix in the salt and set aside.
Remove from the heat, allow to cool a little and make by hand into small balls.
Make the dough by kneading glutinous rice flour , coconut cream , pandanus juice and a little water.
Make the dough into a ball and press to flatten. Fill with the filling and wrap dough to cover it.
Boil the dough to ball in. You can scoop out them when they float. Lastly, roll with the steamed grated coconut.
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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now | The Unseen Professors
Leo Amino's "Refractional #21," from 1967, polyester resin.Credit...Leo Amino and Tina Kim Gallery; Hyunjung Rhee
As the writer and curator John Yau points out, grouping the sculptors Minoru Niizuma (1930-1998), Leo Amino (1911-1989) and John Pai (born 1937) as "Asian Americans" is a little reductive — but it may also be the neatest way of encapsulating why they haven't gotten more attention. Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Amino briefly attended college in California before moving to New York, while Niizuma, raised and educated in Tokyo, didn't get here till 1959. Pai, who lives in Connecticut, left Korea with his parents as an 11-year-old.
Juxtaposed by Yau in "The Unseen Professors," though, their works complement powerfully. Pai's welded steel skirts the border between math and craft, while Niizuma's chunky marble sculptures reveal the beauty of the stone without eliding the ambivalent violence of carving it.
But it's Amino, if you missed last year's show at David Zwirner, who's likely to be the revelation. Experimenting with polyester resin after it was declassified following World War II, Amino made transparent boxes enlivened with streaks of primary color, transforming the ordinary experience of viewing sculpture by making his objects seem, from certain vantage points, less than solid. The angled facets of "Refractional #21," a geometric composition of triangles and rhomboids, flicker like an old movie as you move around it, while "Refractional 27A," whose colors float like clouds in a frozen fish tank, seems to exist not in three full dimensions but only in two and a half. WILL HEINRICH


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