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In Camacho v. Ford Motor Company, No. 5:19-cv-23, the plaintiffs alleged they were injured when their F-150 truck rolled over on August 6, 2017. They filed a product liability action against Ford Motor Company on January 10, 2019, under Texas law. Ford moved for summary judgment, arguing that the plaintiffs' claims were barred by Texas's 15-year statute of repose for product liability claims set forth in § 16.012(b) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Under § 16.012(b), "a claimant must commence a products liability action against a manufacturer or seller of a product before the end of 15 years after the date of sale of the product by the defendant."
The district court determined that the statute of repose began to run on October 6, 2003, the day that Ford "released" the new truck to the dealership. Because the lawsuit was filed more than 15 years after this date, the court granted Ford's summary judgment motion. The plaintiffs appealed. Reviewing this decision de novo, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision following analysis of two issues.
First, the Fifth Circuit analyzed the meaning of "the date of the sale of the product by the defendant" in Texas's product liability statute of repose given the product's chain of distribution. The plaintiffs argued that the court should import the definition of "first sale" from the Certificate of Title Act in the Texas Transportation Code. Ford argued that the court should import the definition of "sale" from the Uniform Commercial Code in the Texas Business and Commerce Code, which provides that a "sale" consists of the passing of title from a seller to a buyer for a price, which usually occurs at the time and place at which the seller completes his performance with regard to physical delivery of the good.
The Fifth Circuit found that by immediately resorting to other statutes for the definition of "sale," the parties skipped a step in "the statutory analysis." The court emphasized that when faced with an undefined statutory term, the first step is to apply the "common, ordinary meaning." Comparing the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of "sale" with the statutory definitions from the UCC and the Certificate of Title Act, the Fifth Circuit found that the former's definition of "sale" comported with the plain meaning of the term "sale," while the latter's definition of "first sale" did not. The Fifth Circuit held the "sale of the product by the defendant" occurred on October 6, 2003, when Ford released the truck to the dealership. Therefore, because the statute of repose began running on October 6, 2003, plaintiffs' lawsuit, filed more than 15 years later, was barred by the statute of repose.
One of the plaintiffs was a minor and claimed the statute of repose on his claim was tolled during the period of his minority. Accordingly, the Fifth Circuit next turned to the issue of whether the Texas statutory rule that a period of minority is "not included in a limitations period" tolled the statute of repose. Carefully analyzing the text and purpose of § 16.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the court held that § 16.001's tolling provision applies only to toll the statute of limitations, and does not apply to Texas's product liability statute of repose. Therefore, the court affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the vehicle manufacturer.
Beyond its interesting exercise in statutory interpretation, the Camacho decision is an important one for product manufacturers. To begin, Camacho provides clarity for auto manufacturers doing business in Texas. And, not all products fly off the shelves or the dealer's lot, and allowing the statute of repose to commence when the defendant manufacturer releases ownership in the chain of distribution helps preserve the vitality and further the goals of a repose statute.
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'I've been an obsessed fan of his' - Nompilo Dlamini thanks Cassper Nyovest for giving her hope
Fan with cystic fibrosis speaks on how Cassper Nyovest is invested in saving her life.
28 September 2021 - 07:00 By Joy Mphande
Cassper Nyovest helped raise funds for Nompilo to get surgery.
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Nompilo Dlamini is a few weeks from undergoing a surgery procedure that will potentially save her life and it's all thanks to rapper Cassper Nyovest's hefty contribution.
It's been an emotional journey for the 26-year-old schoolteacher, who had to leave her job because of the cystic fibrosis she suffers from impacting on her health, but since the rapper came across her story things have been looking up.
Cassper donates R150,000 to ailing fan in need of lung transplant
Cassper Nyovest is on a mission to save the fan's life and has asked others to help where they can
She is set to be jetting off to India soon to finally have the lung transplant funded by the #SaveNompilo campaign that Cassper started to help aid the young woman from Swaziland.
"It's a rollercoaster of emotions ... one moment you get good news and then the next it's another story. So it's been a depressing journey, because I have also been having the guilt of not giving people the update they deserve, they need to see the fruit of their work.
Nompilo says they are working on a plan to get her to meet Cassper soon.
"I haven't met him [Cassper] yet but we constantly talk on Twitter in the DMs. He checks on me every now and then and I update him on the progress of almost everything, because he's still doing the fundraising campaign for me. I've been an obsessed fan of his, the love is pure."
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She's been overwhelmed by the support she's received thus far from Cassper and everyone else making contributions.
"I really feel loved because it takes a lot for people to love you so much, to really support you so much to the level of financing your journey. It has taught me to give back."
Though the process has been delayed, because of it not being safe to get on a plane, Nompilo has vowed that she will extend herself as well and try to give back to people living with cystic fibrosis, who she refers to as her "warriors."
"I'm working towards helping others when I get back. I am hoping to help them achieve the same goal, which is the lung transplant, or find ways to get financial aid for them because these rare lung diseases are very costly. I'm hoping I am able to assist somehow when I get back," she says.
"When I started to document my journey, after being inspired by a warrior we lost last year, I decided to help people to acknowledge the disease and know more about it. It was a way of educating people and I want to make more of an impact as well."
Cassper Nyovest vows to help ailing fan get lung transplant
Cassper praised Nompilo for being a 'positive soul' on the TL.
Cassper Nyovest fan with cystic fibrosis will be receiving life-changing surgery after his help
After receiving R150k from Mufasa earlier this year, Nompilo is on her way to receiving a lung transplant.
Cassper Nyovest hits back at claims he hasn't opened doors for young artists
"I'm just having fun and telling my beautiful South African story" said Cassper.
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Is the Govt.'s Smart Meter Rollout Blocking Consumers from Switching?
The national smart meter roll out is a government scheme that aims to see 26 million households across the UK fitted with a new type of energy meter by the year 2020. 'Smart' meters are dubbed so, as they are able to send energy consumption data directly to suppliers in real time, negating the need for manual readings or estimated bills.
The smart meter rollout requires energy suppliers to install the updated energy systems in their customers' homes and businesses across the UK. The meters are not mandatory – meaning customers can opt out if they so wish – but millions of commercial and domestic properties are to be fit with them over the coming years.
There have been a number of concerns about smart meter technology since its initial announcement, including apprehension around privacy and the safety of data as it is transported between meter and supplier, as well as the physical health implications of the wireless transmissions smart meters' functionality relies on.
Yet another issue with smart meter technology has recently been raised – that the meters are effectively 'locked' to the energy supplier that installs them. Due to 'configurability issues', each of the UK's energy suppliers has designed their own smart meter for customers, using their own technology. This means that the meters' 'smartness' is not transferrable between different suppliers.
If Supplier A were to fit a smart meter in a customer's house, and that customer subsequently wished to switch to Supplier B for their energy, the smart meter would not be able to automatically transmit information to Supplier B – but it could still be used as a regular, old-style meter. This effectively means that energy consumers with smart meters have to make the choice between the smart meter technology and the freedom to switch energy suppliers for a better deal.
Despite the government's best efforts to reduce energy costs for customers through the accurate billing that smart meters offer, they may actually be making it more difficult for customer to save by blocking the option to switch. Considering the government's recent efforts – not to mention the nationwide campaign – to encourage consumers to switch, are smart meters counterintuitive to this goal?


Pixie Lott Defends 'The Voice Kids' Show Before Premiere Tonight | Pixie Lott | Just Jared Jr.
Pixie Lott has a brand new show premiering tonight — The Voice Kids!
The "Gravity" singer will be a judge alongside McFly's Danny Jones and will.i.am on the UK show, where kids are the ones showcasing their vocal talents instead of adults.
In the spin-off series, the judges are allowed to turn their chairs and greet young contestants who haven't made it through to the next round.
The Voice Kids premieres tonight, June 10th @ 7:45PM on ITV.
Pixie is also pictured at The One For The Boys Fashion Ball and leaving The MidSummer Ball in London.
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Mountains are rocky masses that have been elevated and shaped by powerful forces of nature. Exposed to unpredictable weather and cataclysmic events such as volcanic eruptions and avalanches, these vast expanses of upland can form forbidding barriers. Despite, or perhaps because of this, mountainous areas are of enduring appeal. Once regarded by various cultures as the home of gods, more recently these high wildernesses have presented a gruelling challenge to those seeking to explore them.
The Earth's crust is composed of moving sections called tectonic plates. As these shift and slide, sedimentary rock around the edges buckles into massive folds and land is forced upwards to form mountain ranges. Magma from deep inside the Earth makes its way to the surface through faults and fractures in the crust to produce volcanoes and create igneous rock.
Rock masses over 2000 feet/ 600 metres are generally classed as mountains – lower heights are referred to as hills – and measurement usually relates to height above sea-level. Twenty four per cent of the Earth's land mass is mountainous, with significant ranges occurring on every continent.


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JBC holds off Chief Justice search pending final Sereno ouster ruling
By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated May 19, 2018 12:36:00 PM
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 18) — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) will wait for the Supreme Court's final ruling on the ouster of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno before beginning the search for her replacement.
Members of the JBC, which screens appointments to the judiciary, reached a consensus Friday not to act on the Supreme Court's directive for them to open the nomination and application for Chief Justice. This was confirmed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, a member of the council, to CNN Philippines.
"There is no permanent vacancy to speak of till the QW (quo warranto) decision attains finality." Guevarra said in a text message.
Sereno was removed on May 11 after the High Court granted Solicitor General Jose Calida's quo warranto petition against Sereno. This is a legal proceeding where a person's right to hold office is challenged.
The Supreme Court invalidated Sereno's 2012 appointment as Chief Justice for failing to meet the requirement of submitting her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs) from 2002 to 2006.
The Supreme Court also ordered the JBC to begin the search for Sereno's successor, saying its ruling to remove Sereno from her post is "immediately executory." The Rules of Court states Sereno has 15 days to file an appeal.
"It makes sense for the JBC to wait until all legal remedies are exhausted by CJ Sereno to contest the grant by the Supreme Court of the petition for quo warranto against her last May 11," said Sereno's spokesperson Jojo Lacanilao.
He added that Sereno intends to file a motion for reconsideration within the prescribed period. Sereno's camp urged the public to let the JBC fulfill their functions, while stressing that the process of selection for vacancies in the court is an internal matter within the jurisdiction of the JBC.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he does not want a woman to be the next Chief Justice.
"Gusto ko 'yung bilib ang tao sa integrity niya [I want someone with integrity]. Of course it could not be a politician, lalo na hindi babae [especially not a woman]," Duterte told reporters in Malacañang on May 15.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was quick to defend the President, saying that what he heard was a question regarding the next Ombudsman.
Sereno is the first impeachable official to be ousted without a Senate trial.


Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) – formerly termed chronic rejection – was described already in 1969, 2 years after the first heart transplant . Soon after the phenomenon was described in details on cadaveric hearts as an obliterative intimal proliferation of the coronary arteries . It became clear that CAV is a disease of the coronary circulation of transplanted hearts distinct from conventional arteriosclerosis. It is a very important complication after heart transplantation as it affects 30–40% of recipients after 5 years and since it is the dominating cause of graft failure and a common cause of death late after transplant . CAV involves not only epicardial arteries but also intramyocardial small arteries and arterioles as well as the cardiac venous vessels (Fig. 21.1). Rapidly, the diagnosis moved from being pathologic-anatomic to become radiologic as coronary angiography was introduced as a routine examination in heart transplant recipients. Typically CAV presents on angiography as diffuse coronary disease with distal arterial obliteration and often also significant proximal stenosis (Fig. 21.2). Further insight to the natural history of CAV was obtained from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) studies, which have been used primarily for research. Recent developments include use of optical coherence tomography, MRI and CT angiography.


"As a vocalist, I love to do dialects; I got to play a camel!"
Carrington MacDuffie came to audiobooks from a musical background as a singer and recording artist, responding first to the opportunity of reading poetry. For the last five years, the LA- and Seattle-based actress has read titles as varied as THE ART OF WAR , novels by Jackie Collins, and, recently, a fantasy novel by Ursula le Guin. Earlier this year, Carrington got a chance to record bestselling author Harlan Coben's JUST ONE LOOK . Celebrated in this issue is her Earphones-winning performance of Christopher Buckley's FLORENCE OF ARABIA . "As a vocalist, I love to do dialects; here, I got to play a camel!" Carrington told us. That's probably once-in-a-lifetime casting.


Philip joined Gresham's from King William's College in the Isle of Man where he had been principal for eight years in 2008.
He had previously taught mathematics at Rugby School and Malvern College where he had been a Housemaster for five years.
His working knowledge of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and his achievements with curriculum development made him a natural choice to build upon the School's commitment to improve and develop a first class education programme throughout its schools.
In his five years at Gresham's Philip made many excellent appointments to the staff as well as establishing the role of Business & Finance Director helping to improve the mechanisms for greater financial control as well as relationships with the School's financial partners.
Perhaps his greatest pre-occupation was to focus on the academic side of the Sixth Form and improving results and the learning experience at that stage of a pupil's career here. He initiated a development plan and a vision for the future including a new-look Sixth Form Centre.
Philip enjoyed the sporting side of the School and particularly his rugby coaching as well as taking great pride in the musical and dramatic achievements of the School.


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My "Career" ~ Part 4 ~ Phil
(Scary in its familiarity)
With Connie gone, we were rudderless. That's just silly, really, because Connie was a bust at being a rudder, except for those minions who constantly found excuses to stroll into her office and ask for her "advice".
The regional VP (again, we'll call him "Charles", since I can't remember his name) took over the sad task of supervising the supervisors.
I remember one early meeting with him, in which he expressed the sentiment, "I can't believe you guys don't already know this".
Charles did send us off to learn how to use personal computers. Up until that time, we didn't have computers (computers??). We had CRT's. CRT's did nothing except the very explicit task of allowing us to process claims. I'm surprised, in retrospect, that the supervisors didn't have typewriters in their little glass-encased coffins.
I knew nothing about personal computers, naturally. I sat in that class, and dragged the mouse as far along that long table as it could possibly go, because I couldn't get the stupid pointer to point to the stupid thing that I wanted it to point to. The instructor finally noticed my contortions, and said, "pick up the mouse (dummy)". And everybody laughed and laughed, but I bet they didn't know that, either.
Then, one day, it was announced to us that a new manager would be joining our "team" (I always hated the term, "team", because that made it sound like we were all in it together, when, in fact, we were all in it to slash each others' throats, to be frank).
Phil had apparently once worked with our (at least my) guru, Dave, in Omaha, Nebraska. What a smart man like Dave ever saw in a dolt like Phil remains one of life's mysteries. Phil was a moron; scratch that ~ a lazy moron.
Phil got himself all situated in Connie's former office, and proceeded to thumb through his stack of women's magazines, prop his feet up on the desk, and promptly fall asleep.
Needless to say, we didn't have any respect for Phil. At least those of us who were not consumed with kissing anyone and everyone's ass (LeeAnn).
Anytime that Phil woke up, he'd take a stroll around the office and see which supervisor he could offend.
He'd sit in the extra chair inside the given supervisor's glass-walled cubicle and regale his hostage with tales of his glory days at Mutual of Omaha (wasn't that the company that sponsored that "Wild Kingdom" series, with Marlin Perkins, who always sent his assistant, Jim, out on the really dangerous assignments, while Marlin sat back in the studio and lisped his way through the narration? Yea, that's the one). I bet all the Mutual of Omaha guys talked that up a lot at every client meeting. "We have Marlin Perkins, you know!"
With the supervisors he really liked, Phil would regale them with tales of the sex-capades that he and his wife had had the night before. Phil was a geek, so picturing him as a sex God was nearly impossible. Luckily, I was spared the details of Phil's extracurricular activities. But, of course, like anything and everything that happens in an office, I heard about it secondhand.
Phil was big on grand pronouncements. Once a month, he'd gather the entire staff together in an open space, ostensibly to announce the latest quality results, but in actuality, to pump himself up to the group. "Three years ago, before I came here, you guys were nothing. Nothing! Now just look at you." And we'd all look around at each other and roll our eyes, and think, yea, we were drooling idiots before you got here, Phil. We could barely manage to write our own names.
Unlike the majority of the supervisors, I, unfortunately, did not suffer fools gladly. Oh sure, I tried to stay awake whenever Phil chose to sit in my extra chair and impart his MOA wisdom. But when he started pulling the, "you would be nothing without me" business, I admit; I bristled.
We used to have competitions from time to time; the kind of thing where one unit is pitted against another, to achieve some kind of production goal. Because where would this world be, really, without a seething hatred for anyone who was perceived as a competitor?
During one of these exercises, my group (naturally) kicked ass. But in order to spoil my pride in my group's accomplishment, Phil lolled on over to me and pronounced, "Your people are always the first ones to leave at the end of the day."
Something snapped in me, and I whirled around from the white board that I was erasing, and hissed, "My people work their asses off, and you damn well know it!"
Red-faced, Phil slithered away. And I thought, ohhh shit, I'm in trouble now.
I didn't see Phil for awhile after that. He visited other supervisors, but he avoided me.
Eventually, we had another one of those musical chairs supervisor/unit moves, that had absolutely no purpose, in which everybody had to pick up, pack up, and move to another location on the floor. In essence, switch places with somebody else. I never quite understood the reasoning, but because we'd done it so many times, I didn't question it. I just packed up like everybody else, and moved.
Luckily (?) for me, my unit ended up situated right outside Phil's office.
I used to go around every day, from person to person, and answer my staff's processing questions. The skirts we wore then were short, and Phil would stand in his doorway and ogle me, and make inappropriate remarks, which I pretended that I didn't hear, but I would surreptitiously roll my eyes at the person I happened to be assisting at the time. All of shared a common loathing of Phil.
Out of the blue one day, Phil peeked around the corner and summoned me into his office. He said that there was a new project upcoming (brand new!). A new department, really. Part of Claims, and yet not part of Claims. It was data entry. Phil said that "he" had chosen me to head it up (BS ~ "he" didn't have the power to make any decisions). Phil said that this was a pilot program for the entire company, of which we were but a tiny satellite office. I think I asked, why me? I felt like I was being punished. It felt like a giant step backwards. I had gained a lot of claims knowledge, and now I was being asked to throw that all away?
I said, "Can I think about it?"
Phil said, "Sure". "Think about it overnight". "Then come back and tell me, yes."
Thus, I had no choice. I felt like a loser. Like all my peers would snicker about me behind my back.
I came back the next day and told Phil, "yes", like I had been instructed to do.
And I bid adieu to my staff and to the world of claims.
And I had absolutely no idea what was in store for me.
To be continued........
My "Career" ~ Part 5 ~ Welcome to the I-Land
My "Career" ~ Part 6 ~ "Who Do You Think You Are?"
My "Career" ~ Part 7 ~ Another New Boss?
My "Career" ~ Part 8 ~ "Everything's Great!"
My "Career" ~ Part 9 ~ A Cold Wind
My "Career" ~ Part 10 ~ Thank You ~ Goodbye
My "Career" ~ Part 11 ~ Breaking the News
My "Career" ~ Part 12 ~ Loose Ends
My "Career" ~ Epilogue
Previous Chapters:
My "Career ~ Part 3 ~ Karma
My "Career ~ Part 2 ~ Evil Bosses
My "Career" ~ Chapter 1
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One of the best things about North Wales is that when the weather's bad there are plenty of areas to go which might be in the rain shadow of the mountains, all within a 40 minute drive of Llanberis. With this summer being one of the wettest on record that's meant a lot of journey's to North Wales' fine and varied collection of sea cliffs. Seeing as North Wales has roughly 400 miles of coastline it makes sense that there are many sea cliffs; in fact, enough to fill four climbing guidebooks! The climbing varies from single pitch sport climbing on excellent quality limestone to great big adventurous routes on shale cliffs equally as good but perhaps a little less to everybody's liking.
My favourite sea cliff is undoubtedly Gogarth on the north-western tip of Anglesey. It is a true climber's playground with a lifetime's worth of climbing on mainly solid quartzite rock. It's sunny aspect and often plentiful gear placements make it a good choice for a long day out whether you're in search of a committing adventure or an easy day's cragging. Perhaps the two most classic and sought after routes are the famous A Dream of White Horses and Conan the Librarian. A Dream of White Horses is famous for the wild position of its main pitch tackling ground normally associated with much more difficult routes and should be on every ambitious VS climbers tick list. Conan the Librarian on the other hand tackles probably the ultimate line of Gogarth up the big sea arch of Wen Zawn. Having climbed A Dream… years ago when I started climbing Conan had always cried out at me to be climbed and I finally found a climbing partner and picked a date to try it last month. We couldn't really have picked a much worse day in terms of the greasy conditions that often plague this part of Gogarth but I decided that I might as well go for it then as I didn't know when I'd be back to try it next.
The climbing is excellent, a lot more intricate than your typical Gogarth route with tenuous and well protected bridging up the first groove to an exposed and uncomfortable hanging belay in the break below the second pitch. Unfortunately I fell off the first pitch- and then pulled a big useful hold off higher up the pitch but it was still great fun. Steve seconded and racked up ready for the next pitch, a much easier but bold corner. I placed his first piece of gear a metre right of the belay to get him going and Steve made steady progress above placing quite a few wires, none of which he seemed happy with. He began to tackle the last difficult sequence of the pitch but ended up calling down to me to take in as his holds were so greasy he could barely hang on. He fell off stripping every piece of gear as he went apart from the first cam I placed in the break. A sure fire 60 footer leaving him stranded in the centre of the arch beneath me and directly above the sea. After a lot of faffing we retreated with our tails tucked between our legs having had a good adventure and keen to return at a future date.
Gogarth isn't the only good adventurous sea cliff though, in fact for real adventure you need to go to the Lleyn Peninsula, an esoteric area which is always sunny and often scary! The rock quality in places is often poor requiring a connoisseur's appreciation but some of the climbing and positions are excellent. I haven't seen another climber there on one of my visits yet. Craig Dorys is the best developed crag on the Lleyn with many challenging routes and all are single pitches (not to be mistaken with Stanage though!). I've had a successful few visits there climbing most of the classics and repeating some of the harder routes; Cripple Creek (E3), Byzantium (E4), Trebizond (E5) and Tonight at Noon (E6 6b) are all fantastic routes and should be on the tick lists of those climbing at the respective grades. Dorys also requires a big rack of climbing gear. I placed around 40 pieces in a single pitch on both Rust Never Sleeps and The Gross Clinic E6 and E6/7 respectively. I also had a go at making the 2nd ascent of a Stevie Haston E7 called Harmony recently. I attempted the line on-sight originally getting up to the crux but simply couldn't see what to do or where to go so down climbed. I ran to the top and abseiled down quickly in my trainers finding some hidden holds which I chalked up to help me out. I led the line next go and there's an outrageous long reach on it but fortunately a well protected one. I later found out that this was in fact a new route as I'd started in the wrong place and headed out left from the crux of Harmony which might suggest why the climbing felt so dynamic. Anyway, it's now called 'Discord' and graded E7 6c.
I've had other adventures on the Lleyn as well recently on even more impressive sea cliffs and I managed to make the first ascent of a really fun new route in Twll Mawr on the slate which I called 'The Hunted' and it weighs in at around E6 or 7 6c. Off to the Alps next- let's hope the weather gods are kind!
2012 started in a wet and windy fashion for me when I spent a week up in Scotland over New Year. A big group of us had booked some chalets in Roy Bridge for a week of winter climbing- unfortunately the weather had different ideas! The winds were gusting up to 120mph and the temperature limited us to only a few crags. I was climbing with Chamonix based climber and superb photographer Jon Griffith. You would expect a Chamonix based climber to hate bad weather because you can pick and choose good weather days when you live out there. Jon, however, was mad for it! He was dragging me out every day in either hurricane force winds or generally wet and miserable weather. On our first day, the winds were gusting up to 120mph, we still climbed a route though, holding onto our axes for dear life! We only had one day of reasonable weather and we climbed the teetering test-piece that is 'War and Peace' on Coire an' Lochain in the Cairngorms, with Jon pulling out a good lead on the first pitch. Despite the weather allowing us to climb only two routes in five days of trying we still had a good trip.
After that I made a quick trip up to Northumberland with James McHaffie to Bowden and Back Bowden Doors. I was really impressed with both crags and the quality of the sandstone was superb. James managed an impressive on-sight of 'On the Rocks', a technical E7 6c and we climbed a bunch of other classic routes such as 'The Tube', 'Poseidon Adventure' and 'The Bends'.
Back in North Wales I've enjoyed a few days on the slate making perhaps the second ascent of Johnny Dawes' extremely bold route 'The Dyke'E6 6a in Twll Mawr. I also climbed a Rainbow Slab classic, 'Stiff Syd's Cap' E6 6b which had fantastic moves on perfect slate. Mark Reeves came along to take some pictures and took some great shots.
I also managed to deck out on a slate route, fortunately from not very high up, and snapped a sky-hook in the process- they say 2kn breaking strain for a reason! After that I decided that perhaps bold trad wasn't ideal for a cold day so changed themes and went sport climbing where I red-pointed another Johnny Dawes classic called 'The Medium' F8a. I first tried to on-sight this route very optimistically when I was fourteen. Suffice to say I didn't manage it then and after a quick attempt on top rope forgot about it for four years. It was really nice to finally climb 'The Medium' as I remember when I first started climbing here I couldn't understand how anybody could climb these routes!
It's a funny thing getting back into climbing after doing very little. Following my return from the Alps I've been so keen to go climbing but fairly hopeless at completing various projects. If anything I think this has helped my motivation and I feel like I'm on the verge of actually getting up some routes!
I've spent a bit of time in the slate quarries recently which has been really fun. I climbed on the slate so often when I started climbing that I climbed many of the routes I wanted to do so subsequently haven't been a regular visitor, but with the bad weather we've had, it's been one of the few places to climb due to its remarkably fast drying qualities. There are lots of potential new routes to climb in the quarries and I've been particularly keen to try some projects in Twll Mawr recently. Twll Mawr is a big, eerie place to climb with the hardest multi pitch climbs in Wales and the longest sport route in Britain. The line that I spotted recently was a route climbing directly above the famous Quarryman groove. I rapped the line, gave it a quick clean and tried the moves and was amazed at how straight forward the route was considering that entry level to this section of wall is normally about F7c. I was so keen to climb the route that I persuaded evergreen Rob Greenwood to join me after finishing work.
We rapped in to the belay ledge and I tried the route quickly on top rope, somewhat concerned about the run-out nature of climbing but I felt solid on it and lead the route without too much trouble- Rob had even untied himself from the belay at one point ready to jump off the stance to prevent me from hitting ledges if I fell, a brave thing to do considering the position (see Stone Monkey!). It climbs a nice groove feature in the headwall and it was great to climb it all on traditional gear. The route next to this one carries the extremely odd name of Phil's Harmonica, so we continued with the theme and christened this one Mike's Trombone! The following day I succeeded on another new line at the bottom of the same wall, a technical pitch with a flamboyant finishing lunge for the last hold. Probably a more difficult lead than Mike's Trombone, but perhaps not quite as good.
Last week Ian Lloyd-Jones made the first ascent of Rock Bottom Line, a spectacular 5 pitch sport route on the right hand side of the Quarryman wall. I returned with him and his climbing partner Sion McGuinness the following day to repeat the route. The fourth pitch in particular is fantastic, climbing a technical and slippery groove, the rest of the pitches are also good fun- it's a route sure to become a modern classic.
The Quarryman wall is an amazing place to climb with atmospheric, 'airy' and powerful climbing. Nine out of the thirteen routes on the wall remain unrepeated; several have remained unrepeated for 25 years! Having tried a couple of the harder unrepeated routes I can certainly vouch for their quality and I look forward to having an opportunity to repeat them once the weather relents.
I've also spent a bit of time climbing over on the Little Orme recently at the brilliant Diamond. The approach involves a long and exciting hand-line which leads you to the best limestone crag in North Wales- unfortunately prone to greasy conditions. In some ways this crag seems to have brought about a real 'vibe' to the local climbing scene and loads of quality new routes are being climbed both here and elsewhere on the local limestone with grades ranging from F5+ to F8c+.
Twll Mawr's West Wall is best known for the Dawes classic 'The Quarryman' and boasts a good number of desperate and unrepeated slate masterpieces. 'The Wonderful World of Walt Disney' is one of these. It very rarely gets climbed perhaps being overshadowed by its more famous neighbour and has four fantastic and varied pitches. A slippery layback groove, a technical arête, an outrageous jump across a groove and a delightful finishing slab. It's graded at E6 6b or a spicy F7b. Get on it!


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Despite the pleas to improve Flickr after Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2012, little has been done to keep it up to date after the initial redesign of Flickr's mobile apps and increase in free storage. Even so, hundreds of thousands of photographers have remained loyal, posting regularly and propping up the platform's rich groups and forums.
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Like much of the South, historical homes in Arkansas often are partially painted with a distinctive shade of blue, called "haint blue." Many homes that line Little Rock's streets in areas like the Governor's Mansion Historic District share this characteristic, and I have often wondered what "haint blue"was and why Southern houses often share this color.
"Haint blue" is not one shade of blue but is a group of blue hues that were originally produced from the indigo plant. The use of this blue has a long history in the American South and is based on fear of evil.
When I was young, my great grandfather, Jessie Ellis,told stories of "haints" and how he escaped them by crossing water. I was 7 years old in 1982, when my grandfather told stories of "haints" and witches. He was walking at night from Allport, Arkansas, to Humnoke, Arkansas, a journey that took about 30 minutes. As he approached a bend in the road, just short of Humnoke, he heard someone chopping wood. Jessie looked in the direction of the noise, but no one was there. He continued on, and he heard the sound again. This time when he looked, he saw a shadowy figure that moved quickly toward him. He said he knew immediately it was a "haint."
Jessie ran toward the creek, which he needed to cross to reach his home. He knew he had to get across the water, because he had been told "haints" could not cross water. I had no idea what a "haint" was at the time, but the stories were effective, I was scared.
It turns out, my Paw Paw's story of "haints" is likely connected to old legends or mystical beliefs. For example, some enslaved Africans used the blue as a talisman for protection against evil spirits. My great grandfather was born in the early 20th Century, but he knew the stories of the "haints." But, what is a "haint," exactly?
"Haints" typically refer to evil spirits, hags, witches, etc. A story from 16th Century England recounts the adventures of Old Betty and her one friend, Raw Head. Old Betty is described as an old witch-woman who lived in the woods. Her one friend, Raw Head was described as a "fat, old razorback hog," according to one folktale. One day, a hunter shot and killed Raw Head and butchered him. Old Betty was so upset that she said a spell, performed a secret incantation and just like that, Raw Head was back. The only problem was, he had changed. The legend says, "…he had bloody, bear-clawed hands and a raccoon tail. He walked on two feet and his skeleton was a bloody mess of flesh and bones and muscle and sinew." To make it even more horrible, Raw Head carried around his own pig head in his bear claws. This was not a deal breaker for Old Betty, the two reunited and went off seeking revenge.
Like in my Paw Paw's story, the story of Old Betty and Raw Head was a story of "haints." The story became widely popular in the American South during the 1700s and 1800s and may have contributed to the growing popularity of using the color. The story of Old Betty and Raw Head had also been used to scare children and the enslaved Africans.
Appalachian historian Dave Tabler defines "haint" as "an undefinable something that scares the bejeevers out of you." It is usually an angry spirit, never the trickster, always malevolent. The stories I heard as a child recalled the stories of "haints" in rural parts of Arkansas, of angry spirits chasing people across fields as their victims ran to the safety of water.
The defense people had against unwanted specters, phantoms, spooks, apparitions and "haints" was "haint blue." According to Gullah tradition, the color fooled the "haint" by making it think the blue paint was more than paint. The part of the house that was painted "haint blue," usually the doors and overhangs on porches, convinced the "haint" the house was part of the sky and the "haint" floated off into the sky and away from its victim. Or, the "haint" saw ceilings painted blue and believed the house was surrounded by water, which the "haint" could not cross. The paint tricked the "haint" into thinking the house was protected from its malevolence by a more powerful magic, the power of nature.
Over time, "haint blue" became a part of tradition in the American South. People painted their doors and porch overhangs blue because their mothers and grandmothers did, yet they did not know why they were doing it.
The tradition of "haint blue"became a mainstay in the Southern tradition in a similar way that soul food has become synonymous with Southern cooking. Designers and people restoring historical homes have brought "haint blue" colors back to life in modern times. Homes, once painted for protection, are getting their "haint blue" restored for decorative purposes.
So the next time you drive down a tree-lined street in some Southern city and you notice the front door or the underside of the porch is painted blue, think about the generations of people who came before and felt safe in a house because the "haint" that chased them couldn't get in the door.
For more information about African American history in Arkansas, contact MTCC at 501-683-3593. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at 501 W. 9th St. in Little Rock.
Brian Rodgers is a North Little Rock native and graduate of both North Little Rock High School and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in history. His research interests include African American institutions in Arkansas from 1865 to 1900, their influence on the development of the African American communities in Central Arkansas and Emancipation Day celebrations in Arkansas. He currently serves as the Community Relations Liaison at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and historian for the Dunbar Historical Neighborhood Association.
For books on Arkansas folklore and superstitions, please contact the Arkansas State Archives at 501-682-6900.
"Blue porch ceilings scare off haints," Oct. 30, 2020, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/oct/30/blue-porch-ceilings-scare-off-haints/
"Southern ledgends of haints, ghosts, witches, booger men, boohags, and boodaddies," undated, https://keithdotson.com/blogs/news/haints-ghosts-and-evil-spirits-from-the-old-south
Haint blue by Sherwin Williams, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/409827634814162491/
"Indigo: In search of the color that seduced the world," by Catherine E. McKinley, 2012, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/indigo-9781608195886/
"Red, White, and Black Make Blue: Indigo in the Fabric of Colonial South Carolina Life," by Andrea Feeser, 2013, ttps://ugapress.org/book/9780820345536/red-white-and-black-make-blue/
"Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders before the bridge, 1861-1956," by Grant, Barnwell and Shaw Campbell, https://www.blairpub.com/shop/gullahdays-hiltonheadbeforethebridge
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The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia deer, or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to Northern Michigan.
White-tailed deer are the smallest of the three members of the deer family found in Michigan, the others being elk and moose. They range throughout Michigan and are a game animal in this state. As a species, they extend from the southern edge of the arctic prairies in Canada, all the way to the northern bank of the Amazon River.
"White-tailed" refers to the distinctive white tail that when raised is a flag and provides a flash of white, signaling other deer when there is danger. Deer are graceful and swift runners (up to 35 miles per hour), but do not generally run long distances, preferring to seek the nearest shelter whenever possible. Male deer are called "bucks", females "does" and baby deer "fawns". These deer tend to live in female-led family groups of up to 25 deer and may live to ten years or more.
Their size ranges between 125 to 225 pounds, although really healthy bucks may be even larger. Their coat is a reddish-brown color in the summer, but becomes much more gray in the winter. This change helps to hide them as the colors of their environment change. Their tubular or hollow hairs provide insulation, allowing them to lie on snow without melting it, as well as creating enough buoyancy for swimming.
The Bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including Northern Michigan. The Bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semi-desert, urban edge, forest edges and swampland environments. It persists today in much of its original range and populations are healthy.
With a gray to brown coat, whiskered face, and black-tufted ears, the Bobcat resembles the other species of the mid-sized Lynx genus. It is smaller than the Canadian Lynx, with which it shares parts of its range, but is about twice as large as the domestic cat. It has distinctive black bars on its forelegs and a black-tipped, stubby tail, from which it derives its name.
Though the Bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it will hunt anything from insects and small rodents to deer. Prey selection depends on location and habitat, season, and abundance. Like most cats, the bobcat is territorial and largely solitary, although there is some overlap in home ranges. It uses several methods to mark its territorial boundaries, including claw marks and deposits of urine or feces. The Bobcat breeds from winter into spring and has a gestation period of about two months.
Although Bobcats have been hunted extensively by humans, both for sport and fur, their population has proven resilient. The elusive predator features in Native American mythology and the folklore of European settlers.
The beaver (genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges (homes). They are the second-largest rodent in the world (after the capybara). Their colonies create one or more dams to provide still, deep water to protect against predators, and to float food and building material. The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million, but as of 1988 was 6–12 million. This population decline is due to extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because their harvesting of trees and flooding of waterways may interfere with other land uses.
Beavers are also known for their "danger signal": when startled or frightened, a swimming beaver will rapidly dive while forcefully slapping the water with its broad tail. This creates a loud "slap," audible over great distances above and below water. This noise serves as a warning to beavers in the area. Once a beaver has made this danger signal, nearby beavers dive and may not reemerge for some time. Beavers are slow on land, but good swimmers that can stay under water for as long as 15 minutes.
Beavers do not hibernate, but store sticks and logs in a pile in their pond. Some of the pile is generally above water which accumulates snow in the winter. The insulation of the snow often keeps the water from freezing in and around their food pile which provides a location where beavers can breathe when outside their lodge.
The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia. It is strongly migratory in the northern parts of its breeding range, and winters farther south. For example, in North America it winters south to Mexico, but also regularly strays into Central America and the Caribbean between September and May.
The breeding male is unmistakable, with a green head, black rear end and a yellowish orange (can also contain some red) bill tipped with black (as opposed to the dark brown bill in females). The female Mallard is light brown, like most female dabbling ducks. However, both the female and male Mallards have distinct purple speculum edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest (though temporarily shedded during the annual summer molt). In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage the drake becomes drab, looking more like the female, but still distinguishable by its yellow bill and reddish breast.
The Mallard inhabits most wetlands, including parks, small ponds and rivers, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing; there are reports of it eating frogs. It usually nests on a river bank, but not always near water. It is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season and will form large flocks, which are known as a sord.
The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a mammal of the order Carnivora. It has the widest range of any terrestrial carnivore, being native to Canada, Alaska, almost all of the contiguous United States, Europe, North Africa and almost all of Asia, including Japan. In Ireland and the UK, where there are no longer any other native wild canids, it is referred to simply as "the fox". It was introduced into Australia in the 19th century. As its name suggests, its fur is predominantly reddish-brown, but there is a naturally occurring grey morph known as the Silver Fox; a strain of domesticated Silver Fox has been produced from these animals by systematic domestication.
The Red Fox is most commonly a rusty red, with white underbelly, black ear tips and legs, and a bushy tail usually with a distinctive white tip. The "red" tone can vary from dark chestnut to golden, and in fact can be "agouti", with bands of red, brown, black and white on each individual hair. Farmed stock are mostly silver, but may be almost any colour including spotted or blotched with white.
Fox eyes are gold to yellow and have distinctive vertical-slit pupils, similar to those of domestic cats. Their behavior, and eye-slits, combined with their extreme agility for a canid, warrants the Red Fox to be referred to as the "cat-like canine". Its long bushy tail with distinctive white tip provides balance for large jumps and complex movement. Its strong legs allow it to reach speeds of approximately 45 miles per hour, a great benefit to catching prey or evading predators.
Rock Bass
Rock bass are native to fresh water in east-central North America. This heavy bodied member of the sunfish family can be readily distinguished from other similar species by the six spines in the lower fin (other typical sunfishes have only three lower fin spines). These fish are a commercial species in the Great Lakes and are also an important sport fish. They are lively fighters when hooked, and their flesh is firm and delectable.
True to their name, rock bass live in rocky areas in the lake's shallows. Adults live in groups, often associating with smallmouth bass and other similar fish. Spawning takes place in late spring and when water temperatures reach 55 to 60 degrees F. Like other members of the sunfish family, the male digs a nest in the lake shallows, and guards it tenaciously. A spawning area may be heavily used with several nests very close together. As a result, males can become quite aggressive as they attempt to defend territory and attract and hold females. The male guards and fans the eggs, and later broods the young for a short time. Rock bass grow quickly and adults weigh an average of 4 to 8 ounces. An average length is six to eight inches although some rock bass reach 12 inches. Few rock bass live beyond 10 to 12 years.
Large bass, northern pike, muskie, and perhaps walleyes prey on young rock bass. Rock bass compete with smallmouth bass for food. They eat aquatic insects, crayfish, and small fish, including their own young, yellow perch, and minnows. Rock bass occasionally take food from the surface.
The moose (Alces alces) is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males.
In North America, the moose range includes almost all of Canada, most of central and western Alaska, much of New England and upstate New York, the upper Rocky Mountains, Northeastern Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Isolated moose populations have been verified as far south as the mountains of Utah and Colorado. In 1978 a few breeding pairs were introduced in western Colorado, and the state's moose population is now more than 1,000.
Moose were once common in the Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas. By 1900, moose were extirpated in the Lower Peninsula and if not in the Upper Peninsula, at the very least, the population was substantially reduced. Although it is not clear how they got there, by 1930, the number of Moose on Isle Royale had increased to an estimated 3000 animals. In 1934-37, the Michigan Department of Conservation undertook a project to reduce moose numbers on Isle Royale and replenish the mainland UP moose herd with animals from Isle Royale.
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It Looks Like Common & Angela Rye Rekindled Their Super-Woke Love Affair — Video
It looks like the black community is getting one of our #CoupleGoals back on track.
Common, whose real name is Lonnie Lynn, Jr., and CNN political commentator Angela Rye has been seen spending a lot of time in each other faces as of late.
They previously dated for close to a year before officially ending their relationship in March 2018. Recent outings would suggest the two are back on track to give things another try.
On Sunday, May 5th, the former couple were at The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas to hear Bishop T.D. Jakes give his "Don't Burn The Baby" sermon.
In the city to promote his new memoir, Let Love Have the Last Word, Common was called before the sermon to come up in front of the church and speak.
As you'll see in the first seconds of the below video, the actor/emcee returns to his seat and it's right next to Angela.
They can also be seen next to one another in this photo from Sunday's services:
When oppression attacks your spirit, remember that you are anointed by God. For He will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).
Watch #DontBurnTheBaby NOW at https://t.co/43VJvP5bTu or the TD Jakes mobile app. #TPHOnline pic.twitter.com/pIwXTbDm2n
— The Potter's House (@TPHDallas) May 7, 2019
While Common made an appearance at Riverside Church in Harlem to perform and do a book singing, Rye was once again seen supporting him.
Michelle's Advice Worked: It Looks Like Common And Angela Rye Are Back On https://t.co/hYzQacWMLv pic.twitter.com/N1BBpy44Yq
— Praise 104.7 FM (@PraiseRichmond) May 8, 2019
Here's to hoping that the Super-Woke Love Affair is back on!
Daaaang! Looks like Common took Michelle Obama's love advice and applied it immediately. He and his old thang Angela Rye have been spotted together over the last few days 👀 https://t.co/tPSlxFO51H pic.twitter.com/O67ihBGUym
— MadameNoire (@MadameNoire) May 8, 2019
Do you think Common and Angela are back together?
Previous story by Vincent "Heartbreak" Tucker (03/11/2018 at 8:54 am CT):
Common, whose real name is Lonnie Lynn, Jr., and CNN political commentator Angela Rye have split, with Rye confirming the break-up to the New York Post's Page Six.
Fans noticed that Angela did not attend the Academy Awards with Common recently and did not attend the fourth annual Toast to the Arts event Common hosted with the Ayars Agency either.
Rye has now confirmed her split with the rapper on Thursday, after the pair dated for eight months.
The CNN commentator had nothing but nice things to say about her ex-boyfriend.
The 38-year-old attorney told Page Six TV, "We have and will always be friends. He is an amazing human being, and I'm a much better person because he's a part of my life. May we all keep loving and living."
#Common and #AngelaRye have called it quits! Deets on the site: https://t.co/5fGjqqg1d6 or click link in profile https://t.co/PM2cNH4GWA pic.twitter.com/gYrqu1U22w
— YBF CHIC (@TheYBF) March 9, 2018
The rapper and the activist started dating in the summer of 2017, making their red carpet debut as a couple at the Creative Arts Emmys in September.
Common previously gushed over Rye during his interview on Bevy Smith's SiriusXM radio show, Bevelations.
The rapper said, "There's a definite connection with Angela Rye. She's a wonderful woman. I will just say, I am dating. I'm happy right now—and she is an incredible human being."
Common continued, "She's just a fun person, too. She honestly is about the mission and about the people."
He adds that Rye taught him that "just because you are conscious and aware, don't mean you gotta not have fun. You still gon' kick it, because that's part of me, too."
Just a month later, Common credited Rye with making him more politically engaged.
He told the New York Post's Page Six, "I feel like I have a lot more work to do...I feel like I have to be more intelligent with the work and strategize more."
Common adds, "I have to listen more and go out and do more work. It is no time for sitting back, now. This is the time to stand up, more than anything."
Common and Angela Rye Have Called It Quits https://t.co/Xi7AYY4f1E #celebrity #Common #AngelaRye pic.twitter.com/5VFqHxCG5U
— AceShowbiz (@aceshowbiz) March 9, 2018
Last September, Angela congratulated Common on his Creative Arts Emmy win.
Rye took to social media to share a photo of the rapper with the caption, "Super proud of this guy for having a big #EGO, which is not to be confused with a big ego. Here he is giving thanks to the Almighty for his Emmy just like he does for taking every breath, every single day. I'm thankful for his tremendous example of humility, leadership, kindness, and creativity. May we all be inspired to #WORKwoke."
Super proud of this guy for having a big #EGO, which is not to be confused with a big ego. Here he is giving thanks to the Almighty for his Emmy just like he does for taking every breath, every single day. I'm thankful for his tremendous example of humility, leadership, kindness, and creativity. May we all be inspired to #WORKwoke. ✊🏾💕 #heisSOdope #itsjustthebeginning #TonyhereheCOMES #soblessed Prov. 3:5-6 * (if you haven't heard "Letter to the Free" you're missing out...download post haste)
It wasn't long before everyone realized Angela and Common were dating, which actually resulted in Rye receiving anonymous death threats.
Angela recently discussed Common's recent Oscar performance 'taking on the NRA' and it was obvious she had the rapper's back!
Common is the father to a 20-year-old daughter named Omoye Assata Lynn from his previous relationship with Kim Jones.
The handsome star has previously been romantically connected to Erykah Badu, Kerry Washington, Taraji P. Henson, and Serena Williams.
ISSA WRAP: Common & Angela Rye Call It Quits 💔😩🍦 Get the scoop @ #IceCreamConvos.com or the ICC app! Link in bio. #Common #AngelaRye #BreakUps | Photo: Tibrina Hobson
In an interview with Vanity Fair published on Thursday, the same day the news of her split with the actor made headlines, Rye gushed over Common.
She said, "From meeting Common I've definitely become a better human being, and for that I'm grateful."
I Used To Love H.E.R.: #Common and Angela Rye Have Split https://t.co/Nqna2iBgxc #news #photoops #angelarye
— HipHopWired (@HipHopWired) March 9, 2018


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Libraries Could Be Spared
by Voice of San Diego November 22, 2008 March 15, 2022
I've been calling San Diego City Council members over past day or so to get a sense of where they stand on Mayor Jerry Sanders' proposal to close libraries and recreation centers, reduce the number of fire crews in the city and cut back police and fire academies. These are all crucial parts of a sweeping package of cuts Sanders proposed to close a $43 million midyear budget gap.
I haven't been able to reach everyone. But based on my conversations with four council members, and comments from Council President Scott Peters' spokeswoman, it's looking like the libraries and recreation centers will be saved. The lawmakers I spoke to did not seem as steadfast on denying the mayor his cuts to public safety, but I would count on at least some revisions to his proposal. There are eight council members and it takes five votes to approve a measure.
Here is a rundown of the council members I spoke to, and their comments.
Councilman Kevin Faulconer: "We have to find options other than closing down libraries and recreation centers. They are both very important. People are passionate about libraries, it's a core service."
Regarding public safety, Faulconer said: "I am very concerned about emergency response times. I think we need to do everything we can to find other cuts and solutions."
Councilwoman Toni Atkins: "I do think [library and recreation center] hours will have to be reduced. But I do not want to close, entirely, rec centers or libraries."
On public safety, Atkins said: "If you cut the academies for longer than two years, we will run into the same problem we had two years ago." (In 2006, the city declared a police officer recruitment and retention crisis.)
Councilwoman Donna Frye: "No. I do not want to shut down libraries and rec centers. I truly believe that once they shut them down, that is pretty much it. I'm not convinced they will re-open. There are other solutions other than what has been presented. For once, I saw a little bit of a pushback, instead of just rubber stamping what the mayor wants."
Councilman Tony Young: "We need to struggle, scratch, fight to keep those facilities open. There is a much bigger picture here — how it affects communities. There is about $30 million in various funds that we can tap into."
On public safety, Young said he tries "to put trust in law enforcement personnel. I'm cautious about saying public safety people don't know what they are talking about. They are putting their professional expertise on the line by saying there would be no impact."
Michelle Ganon, spokeswoman for Peters, said he "is not in favor of closing libraries."
— DAVID WASHBURN


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French travellers in Mediterranean lands
Explore travelogues in order to understand French perceptions of self and other in times of crisis
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CIVIS focus area
Society, culture, heritage
Field of studies
Social Science and humanities
February - May 2022
20 January 2022 Apply now
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Our modern period is characterised by travelling and mobility. During the last twenty years, travel studies have received much scholarly attention. This CIVIS course on French Travellers in Mediterranean Lands will focus on the understanding of the self and the other in terms of personal, cultural, ethnic and religious identities in times of crisis. Furthermore, it will focus on travel writing in times of sanitary, ecological or political emergency which will be analysed from an epistemic and ethical point of view. It will also present the ways that such crises affect travel writing (exploration, trade, pilgrimage, exile, migration, etc.) from an epistemic and ethical point of view. Moreover, it will analyse French travelogues as a source of information on the rediscovery of Antiquity by travellers as well as a testimony on patrimonial awareness of local populations.
The approach will be interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and cross-national embracing literature, comparative literature, history, art history, cultural studies and post-colonial studies. French travel writings will also be studied in the context of European travel texts in order to establish their connections and differences. Special attention will be given to travel illustrations (paintings, drawings, etchings, photographs) which contribute to the construction of difference and to the emergence of stereotypes and clichés.
This CIVIS course will contribute to current research and it will create research and synergies opportunities for CIVIS faculties and students.
Main topics addressed
This CIVIS course will address the following main topics:
Travel iconography
Patrimonial consciousness
Otherness
Language: English (B1) & French (B2)* ECTS: up to 10
N° of CIVIS scholarships: 18 Format: Blended
Contact: Irini Apostolou - irapo@frl.uoa.gr Location: Athens, Greece
The recognition of ECTS depends on your home University.
This CIVIS course is organised following a hybrid/blended format. Five sessions will be held online and five sessions will be held in Athens, Greece, depending on the Covid-related restrictions that will be in force in Greece at that moment. CIVIS Students (except for students from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) will be supported by a mobility grant for their travel and stay in Athens.
Eight sessions will be dedicated to lectures, and two sessions will be dedicated to MA students' presentations.
* The courses will be held in French.
This CIVIS course is open to Master's and PhD students at one of CIVIS member universities, enrolled or interested in the following fields of studies: Travel Literature, French Literature, French Cultural History. A Bachelor's degree in Humanities is required. However, students' applications from other fields of studies can also be considered.
A B1 level of English and a B2 level of French are required as well.
Students should apply by 20 January 2022 by filling in the following form: https://forms.gle/5Hxnv5FsGhYzDm6a9
Both the CV and the motivation letter must be in French. An interview in French is not excluded.
Selected students will be notified on 25 January 2022.
Students will have to present research findings in class (oral presentation), prepare a research essay (short Master thesis, 13.000 signs) and take a final written exam (commentaire composé). The written exam is worth 3 ECTS.
The CIVIS alliance and its member universities will treat the information you provide with respect. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information on our privacy practices. By applying to this course you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms.
Irini Apostolou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Associate Professor of French Cultural History, Department of French Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Paris-Sorbonne University, DEA, PhD 2003.
Areas of Research: Travel writing and iconography, Orientalism, Antiquarianism, History of French Art, Iconography and French Cultural History. Irini Apostolou has mostly worked on eighteenth and nineteenth-century France. Her research examines the relationship between West and East and focuses on the French Travelers perception of the East. She has published L'Orientalisme des voyageurs français au XVIIIe siècle, (PUPS, 2009), elle a publié les Images of Greek Lands in French Press «Le Tour du Monde : journal des voyages» and «A travers le monde» (2012). She was Associate Research Director, Guest Researcher, Fondation Maison Des Sciences de l'HOMME Paris (April, May-June 2019). She is NKUA scientific coordinator for the program E-Belong: Sense of Belonging in Online Learning Environments Erasmus +Programme Key Action 226.
Sylvie Requemora, Aix-Marseillé Université
Professor of French literature (17th c.) at Aix-Marseille Université, Head of the 16-18 group of CIELAM, she studies travel literature from a rhetorical, theoretical, imagological and intercultural perspective. On the visiting faculty at several Universities (Harvard, Limerick, Duke, Toronto, Coimbra, Nagoya, Beijing, Fes), she also supervises PhDs at Middlebury College. Author of Travelling towards modernity. Travel through genres in the 17th century (PUPS) and of critical editions (Regnard's French Theater and Travels, Classiques Garnier), co-editor of the "Real and imaginary travels" series at Garnier, she leads the Research Center on Travel Literature (CRLV.org).
Hans Färnlöf, Stockholm University
Associate professor of French Literature at the University of Stockholm & PhD in 2000 (Stockholm), with a thesis on Maupassant's short stories. Specialises in French 19th Century literature (especially realism and naturalism), Literary theory, semiotics, genre theory, short story. Widely published in renowned reviews (Poétique, Romantisme, Cahiers Naturalistes, Orbis Litterarum…). 25 years of experience of teaching in higher education, from beginner's level to doctorate courses, covering a wide range of courses (literature, phonetics, dissertation, communication, scientific approach, civilization, grammar, method…). Experience of Erasmus exchanges with Brest and Cadiz, and as an invited professor to Brest at master level. Solid experience of pedagogical development, philosophy of feedback, formative assessment, teaching online. Cooperation with international research groups (Flaubert, Zola), Pedagogical Center of Stockholm University and other universities in Sweden.
Vanezia Pârlea, University of Bucharest
Associate Professor of French Literature, Department of French Language and Literature at the University of Bucharest, and Director of the Heterotopos Research Center. Her areas of research include XVIIth century French Literature and Travel writing, with the main focus on cultural exchanges and cultural transfers between East and West. She has published «Un Franc parmy les Arabes». Parcours oriental et découverte de l'Autre chez le chevalier d'Arvieux (ELLUG, Grenoble, 2015).
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A young participant in the Seeds of Hope program gets ready to smash an overhead in a pickleball match at Bobby Riggs Racket & Paddle in Encinitas. The club's members are helping young African refugees learn the game. Courtesy photo
Sports Talk: New experience for refugee kids — taking a whack at pickleball
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by Jay Paris December 1, 2021 104
To connect with children from the other side of the world, all John Riedy did was walk to his car.
"It was a total random meeting," he said.
Riedy, like countless other pickleball enthusiasts at Encinitas' Bobby Riggs Racket & Paddle, often parks next door at the Venture Church. It was there that Riedy came across Melissa Drake and her Seeds of Hope program. It consists of refugee children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Drake serving as their schoolteacher.
But all work and no play makes anyone long for recreation. That's certainly true with kids and teenagers, and hey, you guys ever try pickleball?
The answer was no, and that was quickly changed thanks to the kindness of Riggs members.
Steve Dawson, the club owner, set aside three courts once a week for the youngsters to use.
Justin Levine bought a net so those fresh to the sport could practice in between classes at the church.
Others contributed paddles, balls and any other equipment needed for these pickleball novices to get a feel for the game. About 12 children play for an hour with some six volunteers, going through drills and game situations like old pros.
"They are getting really good at it," Carlsbad's Riedy said. "It is so fun to see these kids so joyful and running around. They have an absolute blast."
It goes both ways, and we're not talking about the ball traversing the court.
"It's a real blessing for both parties," said Drake, an Encinitas resident. "The kids and the volunteers."
Rosa, one of the Seeds of Hope students, is all in with this sport.
"Something that pickleball has taught me is that it is OK to make mistakes," she said. "Just play and have as much fun as possible."
Drake is an ace in her own right, providing lessons and guidance to students who were often left behind in traditional schools. She supplies the love, and extra instruction, that will help her charges morph from being refugees into strong community members.
"Most of them have been in the country about three to five years," she said. "We start them in small home-school pods and provide them education and opportunities."
With pickleball giving them a chance to attempt something that they had no idea about.
"It's gives them the opportunity to experience something new," Drake said. "And they are doing it in a different culture and in a different environment."
Martha added: "I get to challenge myself. Even if it is hard sometimes."
What's difficult is finding a frown on the court. If everyone in youth sports were as giddy as this bunch, no youngster would be tethered to a video game.
But in addition to embracing pickleball, the players are absorbing life lessons as well.
"They are learning sportsmanship and we're teaching them to be good sports," Riedy said. "How you touch paddles with your opponent after you just played them in a match and that you always say, 'Good game.' It is really cool that they are getting that message."
What's clear is these youngsters don't have a lot. What's clear, as well, is that they are appreciative.
"These kids are wearing hand-me-downs and they have never done any of this," Riedy said. "And to just see them completely happy, smiling and dancing on the court is special.
"We complain about things in our life, but they seem a little less meaningful when you see these kids. They went through so much just to get to this country and still they keep such a positive attitude."
There's a rule in pickleball that you stay out of the kitchen, meaning one's getting too close to the net. We're just thankful that Riedy didn't avoid the church parking lot, the asphalt one that is amazingly blossoming with seeds of hope.
Contact Jay Paris at [email protected] and follow him @jparis_sports.
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Aluwa é uma espécie de nogá típico do Sri Lanka em que se mistura castanha de caju pilada grosseiramente com um xarope de açúcar a que não se deixou ganhar ponto, ou a xarope-de-palmeira, aromatizado com sementes de cardamomo moídas. A mistura deve ser feita fora do lume e, quando estiver quase fria, junta-se farinha de arroz torrada, mexe-se bem e deita-se num tabuleiro ou prato, de forma a ficar com uma espessura de cerca de 1 cm. Corta-se em quadrados, que se passam por um pouco de farinha torrada.

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Q: How does "constness" propagate through calls to overloaded operator->()? I've implemented a thread-safe wrapper for arbitrary objects that uses the drill down behavior of operator->(), my problem is that I don't quite understand how constness of the wrapped object is propagated through the calls to the operator->() down to the wrapped object pointer:
const T *operator->() const
{
    mtx_.lock();
    return const_cast<const T *>(t_);
}

is never called in the Protector class, even though ThreadSafe<const std::string> won't call a non-const method on the string it wraps, declaring it as const ThreadSafe<const std::string> changes nothing.
Could you explain why this is the case - the non-const version of the operator is called, but the end result is as if the const version of the operator was called.
#include <algorithm>
#include <boost/type_index.hpp>
#include <cassert>
#include <future>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

template <typename T>
class ThreadSafe
{
  public:
    template <class... Args>
    explicit ThreadSafe(Args &&...args)
        : obj_{std::forward<Args>(args)...}
    {
    }

    auto operator->()
    {
        return Protector(&obj_, mtx_);
    }

    auto operator->() const
    {
        return Protector(std::add_const_t<T *>(&obj_), mtx_);
    }

    //  method strictly for debugging
    T copy() const
    {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(mtx_);
        return obj_;
    }

  private:
    struct Protector
    {
        explicit Protector(T *t, std::mutex &mtx)
            : mtx_(mtx)
            , t_(t)
        {
        }

        T *operator->()
        {
            mtx_.lock();
            return t_;
        }

        const T *operator->() const
        {
            mtx_.lock();
            return const_cast<const T *>(t_);
        }

        ~Protector()
        {
            mtx_.unlock();
        }

        std::mutex &mtx_;
        T *t_;
    };

    mutable std::mutex mtx_;
    T obj_;
};

int main()
{
    //  ThreadSafe<std::string> ts_i{"123456789"};
    //  ts_i->append("0");
    //  std::cout << ts_i->c_str() << std::endl;

    const ThreadSafe<const std::string> cts_i{"asd123"};
    //      cts_i->append("10"); // non const methods are inaccessible with a ThreadSafe<const T> wrapper, but const methods are.
    std::cout << cts_i->substr(3) << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

A: Both of these return the same type (non-const Protector), so naturally chained operator->() is treated the same in both cases:
auto operator->()
{
    return Protector(&obj_, mtx_);
}

auto operator->() const
{
    return Protector(std::add_const_t<T *>(&obj_), mtx_);
}

The second one wouldn't even compile if T is not const-qualified already.

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Rainer Hess (* 6. November 1940 in Frankfurt am Main) ist Jurist und war bis 2012 der Vorsitzende des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses, des wichtigsten Steuerungsgremiums im Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland.

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Hess studierte zunächst Mathematik und anschließend von 1961 bis 1965 Rechtswissenschaft an den Universitäten FU Berlin, Kiel und Köln. Er legt 1969 das zweite Staatsexamen ab und promovierte 1972 im Steuerrecht.

Rainer Hess wurde 1969 Justitiar des Verbandes der Leitenden Krankenhausärzte. 1971 wechselte er in die gemeinsame Rechtsabteilung von Bundesärztekammer und Kassenärztlicher Bundesvereinigung, deren Justitiar er wurde. Von 1988 bis 2003 war er Hauptgeschäftsführer der Kassenärztlichen Bundesvereinigung. Mit Errichtung des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses war er, berufen von den Trägerorganisationen (Spitzenverbände der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen, Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, Kassenzahnärztliche Bundesvereinigung, Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft), von 2004 bis 2012 dessen erster sogenannter unparteiischer Vorsitzender.

Am 10. November 2012 wurde Hess wegen seiner Verdienste um die Belange der wissenschaftlichen Medizin mit der Ehrenmedaille der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF) ausgezeichnet. 2013 hat er das Ehrenzeichen der deutschen Ärzteschaft erhalten.

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IND vs NZ: "It Is Always Better To Play Maximum Number Of Games To Get Ready For A Big Event" – Mohammed Shami Prefers Playing Matches Over Practice To Manage Workload
by Sai Vaitla January 22, 2023
Mohammed Shami with Mohammed Siraj. PC- Getty
India defeated New Zealand by eight wickets in the second One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday, January 21. The Men in Blue took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has said that he prefers to play in matches rather than engage in practice sessions to maintain optimum fitness.
Mohammad Shami set the tone for the match with his spell with the new ball, dismissing Finn Allen for zero in the first over of the innings. The Men in Blue bowled out the opposition for 108 runs, and openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill played solid knocks to chase down the target in 20.1 overs. Shami, who took three wickets for 18 runs in six overs, was adjudged the man of the match for his brilliant bowling.
India National Cricket Team. Pic Credits: Twitter.
Hope The Main Players Stay In A Good Zone – Mohammed Shami
In the post-match presentation, Shami said that playing regular matches is the only way to maintain optimum fitness for the ODI World Cup 2023, which is scheduled to be held in India in October-November.
Photo Credit: (AFP)
"I always prefer playing matches over practice. It is always better to play maximum number of games to get ready for a big event. Load is being managed and it is being managed properly. I just hope the main players stay in a good zone (ahead of the World Cup)," said Shami after a match-winning spell in the second ODI against New Zealand here on Saturday.
Earlier this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to choose a 20-player pool, and the national cricket academy will work with IPL franchises to monitor the fitness of "targeted" players. They took this decision to better prepare the team for the World Cup and reduce injury problems.
Also read: IND vs NZ: "They Will Have Three Teams – One Each For T20Is, ODIs And Tests; That Way, You Can Have A Bigger Pool" – Kapil Dev On Indian Cricket Team
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