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Stan Spence
Stanley Orville Spence
Born: 3 / 20 / 1915 at South Portsmouth, KY (USA)
Died: 1 / 9 / 1983 at Kinston, NC (USA)
This article was written by Mark Armour
Stan Spence had the misfortune of being a young outfielder for the Red Sox at a time when the team was developing Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio. A trade to the Washington Senators gave him his opportunity to shine, and his five years in the nation's capital landed him on four All-Star teams as one of the best players in the American League. A late start cost him a long career, but he had plenty of thrills during his time in "The Show."
Stanley Orville Spence was born on March 20, 1915, in South Portsmouth, Kentucky, nestled across the Ohio River from Portsmouth, Ohio. He was the oldest of four boys born to Vernon and Catherine Spence. Vernon worked in a shoe factory, and Stan himself started in the factory making $14 a week. Having established a local reputation as a fine ballplayer, he was recruited by another company in Portsmouth, where he played ball for the industrial team for an additional dollar a week. While playing with the Portsmouth team, he signed in 1935 with the Boston Red Sox through the efforts of scout Newt Hunter.
A left-handed hitting and throwing outfielder, Spence began his professional career with Eau Claire, Wisconsin, of the Northern League, batting .281 with 9 home runs in 121 games. The next year he moved on to the Piedmont League with Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he hit .315 in 138 games. After this fine season he ascended to the highest rung of the minor leagues, joining the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.
Spence spent two years in Minnesota as one of the best players in the league. A solid 5-feet-10, 180-pound centerfielder, he hit .321 and .322 with the Millers, hitting 19 home runs in the latter year. His accomplishments were somewhat overlooked in 1938, understandably overshadowed by teammate Ted Williams' Triple Crown season.
Despite his growing résumé, Spence spent 1939 with Louisville, which had replaced Minneapolis as the Red Sox' highest minor league affiliate. The Boston club was filled with outfielders at this time, with Williams, Doc Cramer, and Joe Vosmik manning posts in 1939, and the arrivals of Lou Finney and Dom DiMaggio in 1940. Spence hit .289 with Louisville in 1939 and .256 over the first 11 games in 1940.
In early June, the 25-year-old Spence was finally promoted to the major leagues. He hit .279 in 68 at-bats in a reserve role over the remainder of the 1940 season, and .232 in 203 at-bats the next season. DiMaggio had become a star on both offense and defense, and Spence was the odd man out. After the season, the Red Sox dealt him with pitcher Jack Wilson to the Washington Senators for pitcher Ken Chase and outfielder Johnny Welaj. Spence was an afterthought in this deal, but turned out to be the best player involved. It proved to be the best thing that happened to Spence in his baseball career.
Senators manager Bucky Harris named Spence his starting center fielder. A month into the season, Spence was hitting over .400, and he did not seem surprised by it. "I was good enough to play regularly in that Boston outfield, but they kept me on the bench," Spence related to The Sporting News. "The few times they played me, I was taken out when I started to hit my stride. I think I'm as good a player as Dominic DiMaggio."
Spence stayed in the batting race all season, finishing third behind Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky with his .323 average. He also recorded 203 hits and a league-leading 15 triples. Local observers considered Spence, a fan favorite, the best defensive center fielder in Washington since Sam West a decade earlier.
Stan struggled to start the 1943 season, hovering near .200 over the first two months, and not striking his first home run until July 3. In late July he was benched briefly, but he finished strong -- hitting .267 with 12 home runs and 88 RBIs, while continuing to shine in center field. He batted in the middle of the order during all his years with the Senators, usually hitting third, fourth, or fifth. The left-handed hitter was hurt by his home park, hitting just two home runs in Griffith Stadium all year, and only 12 during his five years there.
Stan rebounded in 1944 to hit .316 with 18 home runs and 100 RBIs, leading the league in RBIs for much of the summer before finishing fourth behind Vern Stephens. He also had an astonishing 29 outfield assists. Though the club finished in last place for the first time since 1909, Spence was held blameless. "The only player on the club who has played good ball," wrote Shirley Povich in The Sporting News, "aside from some of the pitchers, is Stan Spence." Povich called Spence the best outfielder in the league.
Spence stayed out of the military for most of the war because he was married with two children, and he was nearly 27 when the United States entered the war. Finally reclassified in early 1945, Stan spent the next several months in the Army, mainly playing baseball at a base on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle.
After rebuffing overtures from the outlaw Mexican League in the spring of 1946, Spence returned to the Senators and took right up where he left off in 1946, hitting .292 with 16 home runs and 50 doubles in 152 games. The remarkably consistent center fielder had his usual fine season in 1947, hitting 16 home runs with a .279 batting average.
In December, the Senators traded Spence back to the Red Sox for infielder Al Kozar and outfielder Leon Culberson. The Senators felt they had a surplus of outfielders and needed infield help, and Kozar had hit .316 for Spokane in 1946 and .340 for New Orleans in 1947. The Red Sox were high on Kozar themselves, but Bobby Doerr blocked his path to the big leagues. Bill Veeck was bitter at Spence's trade to the Red Sox. "I have tried to get Spence the last two years, and I offered Clark Griffith a much better deal," complained the Indians' owner. "I can't mention the players' names because I still have them. I'll assure you it was a better proposition than the one son-in-law Joe Cronin gave him."
Spence had had a very productive five years with the Senators, regularly placing in the top ten in numerous offensive categories, and being named to four All-Star teams. He got two hits in the 1944 game, while also gunning out Phil Cavaretta trying to score on a fly ball. He knocked in the winning run in the 1947 game on a pinch-hit single, finishing 3 for 5 in the three games he played. Over his years in the capital, Spence had fine batting averages supplemented by high walk totals and midrange power, a very valuable package of skills for a good defensive center fielder. Washington's Griffith Stadium sapped power from most left-handed hitters, especially Spence -- during his five years there he hit 11 home runs at home and 55 on the road, including 16 road homers in 1944 and 14 in 1946. Over the five-year period, Spence was one of the very best players in the league, and it is no wonder the Red Sox regretted their earlier deal and wanted him back.
With center field still well-manned by Dom DiMaggio, new Boston skipper Joe McCarthy worked Spence at first base in the spring. "I know what he can do in the outfield," reasoned McCarthy, "for I recall several bitter moments in Yankee Stadium at the hands of Spence."
The 33-year-old Spence ended up playing 114 games in 1948, mostly in right field, but did not hit nearly as well as he had in Washington. He finished at .235, though with 82 walks and 12 home runs. The powerful Red Sox twice hit three straight home runs that season, the first team to accomplish the feat twice, and both times Spence was involved in the threesome. Spence began the year hitting fourth in the order behind Ted Williams, though he soon fell down the order behind Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr.
After just seven games in a reserve role in early 1949, in which he was 3 for 20, Spence was dealt along with a reported $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Al Zarilla. Spence ended up playing 104 games for the Browns, and hit .245 with 13 home runs.
In February 1950 Spence was sold to the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. He hit just .228 with 22 home runs for the Angels, and was benched briefly in September for failing to hustle. The next April he was sold to Springfield (Massachusetts) of the International League, but his .204 average in 25 games got him sent to Lynchburg of the Piedmont League, where he hit .258 over 87 games. After a brief partial season with the American Association's Toledo club in 1952 (.297 in 21 games), Spence walked away from the game. In his last contest, on May 8, he hit a two-run home run, but the next day decided to return home.
After his career, Spence retired to Kinston, North Carolina, his wife's hometown. He had married Mildred Harper in 1936 when he was playing at Rocky Mount. The couple had three children: Carol, Jennie, and Stanley, Jr.
Stan was involved with a number of businesses over the years. He had a septic tank business when he retired, and he later opened a boys' camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains with former Red Sox teammate Herb Hash, and worked for the Gardner Construction Co. for many years. Spence loved to hunt and fish, enjoyed dancing, and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Kinston.
A heavy smoker, Spence died of emphysema on January 9, 1983, in Lenoir Memorial Hospital. According to his widow, Stan Spence lived a happy and full life, though he still carried a bit of a chip on his shoulder about his lack of opportunity in his early years with the Red Sox. He was a proud man to the very end. He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Kinston.
This biography originally appeared in the book Spahn, Sain, and Teddy Ballgame: Boston's (almost) Perfect Baseball Summer of 1948, edited by Bill Nowlin and published by Rounder Books in 2008.
In researching this story, the author relied heavily on The Sporting News historical archive accessed at paperofrecord.com, and Spence's clipping file at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library. I obtained his Kinston Free Press obituary (January 10, 1983) with help from the Neuse Regional Public Library in Kinston. I spoke with Spence's widow, Mildred Harper Spence, on March 13, 2007.


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Although a unique taxonomy of the humanities is diverse, traditionally it includes many disciplines such as, but not limited to anthropology, archeology, architecture, art history, criticism, classic studies, democracy, economics, education, ethics, ethnic studies and folklore, history, international relations, jurisprudence, language and linguistics, literature, music history and criticism, philosophy, political sciences, psychology, religion studies, performance studies, gender studies and other emerging studies illuminating human experience, the scope is expanding with the developments and trends in research and social change. NYIHSS will offer a wider area of its exploration that goes beyond conventional nomenclature. In this evolving model, following specific emerging trends in humanities, HYIHSS will provide essential areas of interest, directed in several main categories and primary fields of interest:
A. Classic Humanities
Humanities as an academic discipline, "introduced by conventional systems of universities, colleges and schools that extend the human mind, to the extent it develops a sense of the relationship of the human society to urge a realization of the value of all that is defined as divine, good and loving" (Rahaman 2013). As the main focus of the NYIHSS, humanities and all its disciplines and areas of interest will cover, but not limited to the academic study of the arts: art history; the study of music, musicology, music theory and composition, and music history; the academic study of drama and cinema, but not programs primarily aimed at the musical performance or music technologies; cultural studies; area studies, archeology communication: mass communication, media studies, and rhetoric, ethnic, and gender studies: interdisciplinary perspectives on race, ethnic, gender, or cultural groups, linguistics language studies, and literature, classics and ancient languages; comparative literature; history: including also the history of science and medicine; jurisprudence: Includes philosophy of law; philosophy: includes the history of philosophy; religion: programs in the comparative, nonsectarian study of religion; studies of particular religions; the history of religion; and elected interdisciplinary studies: general humanities programs; programs in the study of a particular historical period (e.g., medieval and Renaissance studies, classical and ancient studies, holocaust studies, etc.).
B. Arts and Performance
As one of the most prominent fields within humanities, arts are an essential part of the Institute's work. Moving from music, poetry and literature, theater and film studies, performance studies, visual arts or fine arts, architecture, conceptual, urban and applied arts, history, or criticism, the field of Arts and Performance would represent one of the main focuses of the Institute's programs. NYIHSS will work on establishing a network of collaborators and structure special art projects, based on the interests of its members, stakeholders, and the community needs.
Primarily, the field of Arts and Performance would examine the forms, origins, styles, expressions, performative aspects, and meanings of art within historical and cultural contexts and employing adequate critical and interdisciplinary methodologies and practices.
C. Critical Humanities
This area might be described as an assimilative, accumulative, hybridized, unpredictable, hyper-realist discipline of human knowledge and experience based on the break with traditional, canonized approaches to the humanities. Critical Humanities will tend to encourage new pathways of our research, dismantling dogmatic views, and disseminating multifaced interpretation of the advanced scope of the humanities. Furthermore, expanding critical humanities, the research and activities within will establish a new standpoint of interpretation and meanings, test the levels of rationality, reflecting pretexts and texts of interdisciplinary research allied.
D. Spatial Humanities
Spatial Humanities will form hybrid connections with the natural sciences, social studies, and natural sciences, describing humanistic perspectives trough prism of demographics, geography, historical narratives such as itineraries, apodemica, examining narration of memory, heritage, archeological facts, earth studies, or any research of the influence of geographic or natural space on human developments and behaviors, and the potentials of understanding human existence in particular space and time.
E. Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities provides a qualitative study of the humanities interpolated with quantitative methods of processing and analysis. The main scope of Digital Humanities is to provide coherent ways of intertwining humanities and social studies with novel information technologies, offering a unique expressiveness that reflects their co-existence or co-dependence.
F. Public Humanities
Covering a range of activities from scholarship, academia, policymaking, and community needs, Public Humanities would be based on a dialogue between the humanities and public. Ranging from activities from the public sphere, interdisciplinary collaboration, civic engagement, service-learning, activism, and politics, the focus is to enlarge the spheres of scientific/educational influence and to provide invocation and provocation of more interconnected and publicly embedded Humanities.
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Social sciences encompass the many overlapping fields with the humanities. However, for distinction and autonomy within the NYIHSS, the scope of social sciences will cover also, but not limited to sociology, behavioral studies, criminology, economics, geography, government, international relations, political science, psychology, urban studies, and many other disciplines and related fields. Although political science, government, certain natural science disciplines, geography, and sociology may, from certain perspectives, could be considered humanistic in its essence, the social sciences, for the distinction, are categorized as non-humanities disciplines. Interdisciplinary studies that link a predominantly social science perspective with humanities disciplines are also canonically considered non-humanities studies. By expanding the scope of interest, NYIHSS would give special attention to the developments of the programs of Social Studies and their unique profile.
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It is all but impossible to be dealing in rugs and carpets in North America and not know the name Isberian. As an enduring and well reputed company servicing the United States' third largest metropolitan area the firm's clout and buying power is apparent; it was obvious to me the first time I met Sarkis Tatosian during the annual Jan Kath Family Affair, just as it was when later on the same rug trip through Germany I had the pleasure of meeting his younger brother Oscar Tatosian during a soiree with Rug Star by Jürgen Dahlmanns. In both instances the brothers approached rugs with a degree of reserve commensurate with their experience, yet at the same time expressed a willingness to "Say 'Yes!' to everything," as Sarkis would later tell me as we discussed their success for this article. More elusive though is an understanding of precisely what has lead to this success.
Given the storied traditions of the rug industry, it is appropriate that when pointedly asked about what has allowed Oscar Isberian Rugs to endure the brothers are quick to begin retelling the history of its founding. One whose prescient details foretell many of the secrets to their success. Started by the Tatosians' maternal grandfather in 1920, the firm grew slowly and judiciously before expanding with the commissioning in 1928 of the firm's original building, still occupied by the venerable rug house, in Evanston, Illinois. Now commemorated by a photorealistic carpet which begins this article, the facility was "modern for the time" as described by Oscar Tatosian who further mentions his grandfather built the structure with a $100,000 mortgage going into the Great Depression. Through a combination of prudence and hard work, Oscar Isberian Rugs survived the depression by offering not only sales but cleaning and restoration services as well. As the post-war era brought with it a rise in popularity in broadloom, the company eagerly embraced the trend, adapting to the needs and wants of the era. 'Change or die.' emphatically states Oscar.
In this archival photograph, Mr. Oscar Isberian is shown donating a rug to Armenian causes.
In the end the brothers opted to take over the family business, skipping a generation as their elders had long embraced other careers. By alternating work and studies the brothers were able to keep the business running while earning their degrees. "I would go to school one semester while Oscar ran the store, then he would study one semester while I ran it," says Sarkis. As the brothers completed their studies and began running the firm full time, the consumer flooring market once again returned handmade rugs to what was en vogue, a trend the brothers welcomed and once again adapted to meet.
Ebbing to the trends of what is and is not currently popular with consumers is an oft-cited mantra for those who remain successful over time, so the Tatosians' endorsement should hardly come as surprise. Their success is manifold however, not just succeeding with sales but succeeding in building lasting relationships. "Relationships of all kinds. It does not matter; it's a partnership, simple and clear," concur the brothers.
Relationships of all manner have always played a central role in the success of Oscar Isberian Rugs. This includes the support of a tight-knit family of siblings. Shown left to right are brothers and sisters, Oscar Tatosian, Emily Rabjohns, Lucine Nersesian, and Sarkis Tatosian.
When a customer enters one of the now three Oscar Isberian showrooms they are greeted with warm hospitality. "We like to say we are welcoming people into our home," states Sarkis. "It's the depth of the relationships as well," interjects Brooks Ralston, Business Development Manager for Oscar Isberian, who has been listening in on the conference call. "When I came to Oscar Isberian [from Holly Hunt] I was surprised to learn so many of our customers are repeat customers." Moreover it's the positive and healthy relationships between staff—porters, salesmen, managers, and the like—the brothers, customers, and suppliers which harmoniously act to bring success to the business.
In truth, the Oscar Isberian "formula of success," such that it is, is simple and honest. It begins, as it must, with the principles of the firm's namesake Oscar Isberian, primarily those of prudence, hard work, and a sense of family. These values are expressed by Oscar and Sarkis Tatosian just as they are by the dedicated staff of the firm, many of whom have been with the company for decades. This extended family if you will, knows and understands the value of mutual respect extending it to all manner of relationship: business, consumer, personal, or otherwise. Beyond the overarching importance placed on strong relationships, the balance is tried and true business success one-oh-one: A good selection of quality product, sourced at fair and equitable prices, sold for fair and equitable profit. Good service as witnessed by the breadth of market appropriate products represented. And finally, all of this provided by a vested staff who not only respect the customer, but are respected by their peers and employer.
The "secret" if there is one, is being wise enough, perhaps fortunate enough, to bring it all together in a manner fitting the market zeitgeist, and then revisiting it in order to do it all over again when that mood shifts as it inevitably will.


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At Marshland High School we are very lucky with the support that our parents give to their children and the school. We all recognise the vital role that strong links with our parents play in ensuring that students maximise their learning and performance. Parents are kept abreast of their child's progress through: parents' evenings, information giving sessions, on-line contact through Show My Homework and the SIMS Learning Gateway, the learning diary, termly reports, and good access to form tutors and heads of house.
The termly PRAISE report is a key signpost for parents to assess their child's progress and behaviour for learning. Grades are provided by each subject teacher, and these can be readily compared with the child's target grade, which is derived from the student's KS2 results. The PRAISE report makes the backbone of discussions between the student, parents, the form tutor, the head of house and the subject teachers. This interaction and analysis of progress enables the school to ensure that every student is making the best progress they can.
Parents also play a key role in underlining the essential role of education and qualifications in today's world. Attendance at parents' evenings, support with homework, and an interest in their child's learning each day emphasise to the student the importance their parents place on their progress. When a child perceives that the parent and school are working together, they feel safe, supported and able to grow to their full potential.


A living museum with over 10,000 years of history, Turkey, the ancient land of Anatolia is vast, three times the size of Great Britain - with a unique cultural heritage. Visit Cappadocia and view the magical lunar landscape that was formed around 30 million years ago.
A living museum with over 10,000 years of history, Turkey, the ancient land of Anatolia is vast, three times the size of Great Britain - with a unique cultural heritage. Visit Cappadocia and view the magical lunar landscape that was formed around 30 million years ago. Combine Cappadocia with Istanbul for a fabulous holiday.
Greece is known as the cradle of European civilisation, and offers a wealth of history and culture for visitors to explore. No doubt the Acropolis in Athens is on most people's list of must-see attractions.
Slovenia is a hidden treasure, nestling between Croatia and Italy. It boasts a fusion of many of the region's most desirable attributes, from stunning Alpine scenery, to grand Venetian architecture.
Morocco you will find many exciting holiday possibilities. We have selected a number of traditional Riad and character hotels in Marrakech, the Atlas Mountians, Essaouira, Agadir and Fez.
Egypt holidays have so much to offer, with the timeless Nile, the ancient cities and the fabulous Red Sea beaches, the choices are endless.


PROPERTY INFORMATION EXCHANGE: "Opportunity Zones"
The monthly PIE is a great opportunity to update your market knowledge, interact with peers, share your commercial property listings, needs & ideas. Please be sure to bring printed flyers with you to share with others. We will begin the program with an informative topic prior to the property exchange.
An Opportunity Zone is an economically-distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.


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Mike Hurst: Holistic Approaches to Security in the Corporate World
By Mark Folmer, CPP, MSyl
Watch: Mike Hurst discuss how security has evolved in business below.
Mike Hurst has been a thought leader within the United Kingdom's security industry for decades. That's why I made sure to pull him aside at the 2018 Global Security Exchange (GSX) Conference to discuss his current projects and to get his take on the evolution of the security industry from within his home country and across the globe.
Since the early 1990s, Mike has been revolutionizing the European security industry by establishing and providing critical resources for large corporations. In 1992, he founded HJA Fire and Security to supply the fire and security sector with much-needed recruitment services. Because of the success of HJA, Mike was able to expand the firm's portfolio to include executive recruitment, offer strategic consulting services, and support the organization and management of security events.
As a volunteer and Vice Chair of ASIS' UK Chapter, which is the largest in the world, Mike provides expertise as an educator and leader to its members. Mike is also proud to be a panel member on the ASIS' European Advisory Council where he advocates for pay increases within the security industry and provides career coaching for security professionals. During our chat on the floor of the GSX Conference venue, he was eager to share what he feels are the critical opportunities for the security industry and its professionals going forward.
Leveraging information through security events
The role of security professionals within the corporate sector is transforming at an unprecedented pace due to technological advances, the global nature of organizations and the cyber threats therein. With the pace and complexity of these developments, Mike emphasized the importance of leveraging knowledge among industry members through networking and information sharing. Because there are hundreds of events taking place every year, Mike saw a need to ensure security professionals had access to event information and to support organizers' coordination of security events at a broader scale.
Mike, along with Graham Bassett, founded the security events website, AllSecurityEvents.com in response. The site functions as a singular resource for coordinating and sharing information about international security events. The site allows organizers to avoid clashes in event scheduling and for attendees to plan their trip to one or more events in their home town or abroad. Education and information exchange are the cornerstones of a successful career in security, and AllSecurityEvents.com is a key tool that professionals can use to ensure they're accessing relevant events to support their personal development.
The bottom line of security
Security is no longer viewed as a cost to an organizations' bottom line, but instead is now thought of as a business enabler. With the increasing complexity of cyber risks combined with the ever-changing demands of physical security, the services that security professionals offer have become essential to the success of most large organizations. "If it's not contributing to the business and to profits, then why are we doing it?" is what Mike emphatically said to illustrate the interconnectedness of corporate success and security. Mike felt that it is also up to security professionals to show how their services contribute to the bottom line of the business. One of the key ways to accomplish this is through a concept called Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM).
Enterprise Security Risk Management: A holistic approach
In the words of Mike, ESRM is a "holistic philosophy" that marries security to corporate success. The philosophy reaches every level of business regardless of organizational structure and is focused on the integration of security into every facet of a business, including tools, procedures and processes. With a review of corporate tools and processes through ESRM, a security professional is able to identify risks and devise mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate those potential risks. This, Mike argues, is the most important way for security professionals to link the work they do to the profit margins of a company. With decreased vulnerability to physical and information risks, corporate investments remain more secure and business can grow. ESRM is also a continuous improvement model, so following implementation of risk management measures, security professionals ensure the actions taken remain effective.
From my discussion with Mike, it is clear that times are changing rapidly for the corporate and security realms, and only through innovation and collaboration with security professionals can the business sector remain a reliable environment.
Mark Folmer, CPP, MSyI
Vice President, Security Industry
Twitter: @markfolmer & @TrackTik
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Microsoft Corp. this week began holding the Free Play Days For All event for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360.
Through May 20, Xbox Live users without a Xbox Live Gold membership can play online at no cost.
In addition, all Xbox One users will have free access to Rainbow Six Siege and Fallout 4.


The General Administration of Yimeng Red Post Office opened at the Yimeng Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, on November 22, 2018, which was one of the 2018 Sino-Russian Red Tourism Cooperation and Exchange Activities.
Red tourism is a subset of tourism in the People's Republic of China in which Chinese people visit locations with historical significance to Chinese Communism "to rekindle their long-lost sense of class struggle and proletarian principles."
Leaders from related units witnessed the event, such as representatives from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, Shandong People's Government, Russia Federal Agency for Tourism, etc.
Organizers delivered the plaques for the new general administration to 11 Yimeng Red Post Offices, which are located in 11 red tourist spots in Linyi City.
The establishment of Linyi's new general administration combines red culture and wartime postal culture. It represents a new form of red tourism development. It aims to promote the Yimeng spirit of hard work, self-improvement, and selfless dedication, the Yan'an spirit, Jinggangshan spirit and Xibaipo spirit, most of which were a kind of revolutionary spirit.
Yimeng Red Post Offices are a means to publicize the Yimeng Spirit. The branches will issue commemorative postage envelopes, postcards, postmarks and other postal cultural products to create an Yimeng red cultural exchange and tourism commemorative platform, thus promoting the integration of tourism, culture and postal business.
To celebrate the establishment of Yimeng Red Post Office, China Post Linyi has issued and engraved a commemorative envelope and four commemorative postmarks for Sino-Russian Red Tourism Cooperation and Exchange in 2018.
The branch has also issued 16 red tourist scenic commemorative postmarks, such as the Menglianggu Battle Memorial Hall, Yimengshan Base Monument, Wartime Post Office, and Yimeng Hongsao Memorial Hall. Thus, Chinese and foreign visitors can appreciate the charm of red culture through the commemorative postmarks, and treasure the precious Sino-Russian red tourism cultural exchanges.


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Swimmer says having 'world's best' friends, family keeps her grounded
Julie Filby
Missy Franklin of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 100 backstroke final Monday at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Center. Franklin is a senior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo., in the Denver Archdiocese. (CNS/Reuters/David Gray)
DENVER -- For swimmer Missy Franklin, a rising senior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, "there is nothing like wearing a cap with my country's flag on it."
"I always remember, though, that I'm not just representing the U.S. but also my family, friends, team, school and Colorado."
She made those comments early this year in a Q-and-A interview with the Denver Catholic Register, newspaper of the Denver Archdiocese.
That was before she earned a spot on the U.S. women's Olympic swimming team, before she was a gold medalist.
Ranked first in the world in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke, first in the country in the 100 freestyle, and second in the 100 backstroke, she was at that point still some months away from the Olympic swim trials in Omaha, Neb. She had just set a record-breaking performance at the girls' 5A Colorado championship swim meet in Fort Collins.
It would be an understatement to say a lot has happened to her since then. The youngest member of the women's swimming team, the 6-foot-1 Franklin won the gold medal in the women's 100 backstroke final Monday.
After her spectacular win, Washington Post reporter Janice D'Arcy called her "one of America's new sweethearts" and said the teen "is rewriting the Olympic script" with the way she and her family have approached her training. Unlike so many athletes, Franklin has stayed with the same coach she has had since childhood and has remained part of her same swim club all these years, according to D'Arcy.
When it comes to her high school teammates at Regis, Franklin told the Register: "I love swimming with my Regis Jesuit sisters. I'm so proud of each and every one of them. Nick Frasersmith, my high school coach; and Todd Schmitz, my club coach, worked together so I could fit high school swimming into my training."
Franklin started swimming competitively when she was 5 years old.
Asked how she has stayed grounded with all her success and the attention it has brought, Franklin said: "I have the best friends and family in the whole world."
"I love being with them and having fun. My friends and I do all the usual high school activities including going to dances, out to see movies, and shopping," she said.
At home, she and her parents, Richard and D.A. Franklin, "don't talk about swimming, but enjoy just being together," she said. The Franklin household includes Ruger, an 8-year-old Alaskan Malamute.
"We support each other and enjoy great family moments such as cuddling on the couch, in front of the fire, watching 'The Sound of Music,'" she told the Register. "I have the best support system in the world."
Franklin is not a Catholic, but she said life as a student at a Jesuit-run high school has her considering joining the church.
"My experiences at Regis Jesuit have absolutely impacted my spiritual life, in so many ways. I am considering converting to Catholicism; I'm currently Protestant," she said.
"Going into Regis Jesuit, my faith was not a very big aspect of my life. Taking my first theology classes, going to my first Masses, going on my first retreats, I began to realize how important God is in my life and how much I love him and need him," she continued.
Franklin said her relationship with God grew so much in her first three years at the school. "I am very happy with where I am with him right now, although there is a lot of more work to do," she added.
Her junior year really affected her. "I have had two of the best experiences of my life," she said, referring to the annual Kairos retreat for juniors she attended and her participation in a two-week service project.
"Both of these changed my life," Franklin said. "I am so thankful for Regis Jesuit, for they have brought God and so much meaning into my life."


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7 reasons why the Yanks could fail in 2018
Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of hope for the Yankees in 2018. But it won't be easy. The AL East is still the deepest division in baseball, and while the Yankees made the biggest move of the offseason to acquire Giancarlo Stanton, now they have a target on their backs.
Plus, a lot of things could very easily go wrong with this team. Here are seven of the biggest concerns I have with this squad.
1. We can't expect so many career years again
Let's get real for a second: it all came together for the Yankees in 2017. Luis Severino, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Didi Gregorius, Starlin Castro, Ronald Torreyes and Chad Green all had monster seasons. That's a lot to live up to this year, as all are back with the exception of Castro. Realistically, maybe one of this bunch will be able to improve on last season, while the rest will likely not be able to match their magical 2017 campaign.
2. Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres are coming off offseason surgeries
Both in their left arms, thank goodness, but that's still a pretty pivotal part of a ballplayer. I expect to see Torres debut in the Bronx around May 4 (giving the Yankees an extra year of control over him), and I really have a hard time seeing him thrive like Judge and Sanchez have the last two seasons.
As for Judge, he admitted in a recent spring training presser that he started feeling his shoulder injury last July, right when his season took a turn for the worst. While it's refreshing to know his slump was caused by an injury, it's still a little scary to know that his left shoulder gave out after just half a season. I'm sure it would be hard for him to do this, but maybe he should consider bowing out of the Home Run Derby this season to avoid the extra wear and tear.
3. The rotation could collapse
Don't believe me? Here's a quick rundown of troubling signs:
Severino turns 24 on Tuesday, and he tossed a career high 193.1 innings in 2017.
Jordan Montgomery also tossed a career high of 163.1 innings (including a few in the minors) in 2017.
CC Sabathia turns 38 in July and last season we started to see opposing hitters testing his knees with bunts.
Masahiro Tanaka allowed an unsettling career high of 35 homers in 2017.
Sonny Gray hasn't started 30 games in a season since 2015.
4. Stanton's learning curve
In 527 plate appearances (roughly one season), Stanton owns a.796 OPS against American League teams (118 points less than his career average). Small sample size, but he's also been terrible against all AL East opponents except for Toronto (and the Yankees). This division is no joke – Stanton has some studying to do.
5. Relievers are extremely inconsistent
On paper, the Yankees look like they have one of the best bullpens in baseball again. But "on paper" doesn't hold a whole lot of weight when it comes to relievers. I have confidence in David Robertson, and that's about it. In case you didn't notice, Aroldis Chapman had a 3.22 ERA last season. Oh, and Dellin Betances completely lost control of his fastball down the stretch. Can we really expect Chad Green and Tommy Kahnle to be lights out again? Perhaps they will, but there's a good chance at least one of these guys won't be able to keep their job in 2018.
6. An infield with a lot to learn
Three of the four infielders have yet to play a full major league season, and two of them are still relatively new to their positions. That's a lot of defensive inexperience at key positions. I have a feeling we're going to see a lot more of Torreyes this year as Miguel Andujar and Torres battle through their rookie seasons. And Didi is really going to have to hold down the fort.
7. Little coaching experience
Aaron Boone has never managed a team in his life, and the rest of his coaching staff are new to the Yankees except pitching coach Larry Rothschild and bullpen coach Mike Harkey. It's not hard to foresee a new coaching staff lose control of a young team.
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An indie horror game that looks and feels similar to Outlast or Amnesia, but unlike the 2 aforementioned games, you will never get to see any monsters, demons, ghosts or what-nots. The closest you will get is the poltergeist activities, so you don't have to worry about jump scares. Instead, it tries to stimulate your fears psychologically by using creepy sound effects & music. There's also a puzzle-solving element incorporated into the game as well.
There are 4 chapters and a relatively short game which you can complete within a few hours, and 2 different endings (one of them actually revealing the background story) depending on which path you take. The boss fight is quite easy, as long as you are able to get to where you are supposed to, which I didn't do so in one part of the stage.
Verdict: No replayability, play-once-and-uninstall kinda game, just a quick playthrough of a mildly horror game.
P.S.: Maybe I should come up with of a title for a series of game reviews. Leave it in the comments or PM me if you have any creative suggestions!


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Wildlife - Barnacle geese
Paul Hobson
Barnacle goose
In search of a seasonal visitor to our shores
Ever since I was a small child I have been fascinated by the epic adventures of the Victorian travellers. It seemed like a great time to be alive. There was so much to find out, so many frontiers to explore, the world must have seemed a massive place and so exotic. I suppose it still is, but modern travel has certainly made it a faster and safer planet, even if it might have lost a bit of sparkle.
Many of the early explorers wrote brilliant books and since I was firmly hooked on wildlife, even when young, I tended to seek out those writers that combined both aspects, such as Seton Gordon, Henry Seebohm and John Wolley. One of their abiding passions was to connect up the wildlife dots and one species that fascinated them then, and me today, is the barnacle goose.
Barnacle geese are members of the Branta genus of dark geese, which also includes the brent goose. The other major genus is Anser which includes the pale geese, such as grey lags. Barnacle geese visit the UK only in winter and until the last two centuries had never bred here. They are incredibly faithful to precise areas of winter residence, resulting in the presence of specific populations on the Solway Firth and in the western Hebrides.
Today we know about these populations but in years past it must have been hard to come up with any ideas as to where and how they bred when they literally disappeared in March or April, only to reappear with their young in October.
However, as with most birds like this the naturalists of the past came up with theories of where they bred but basically stuck to the idea that they probably built nests and laid eggs somewhere. They just didn't know where! It is astonishing to read some of their early ideas of barnacle geese reproduction. They (well, probably not all but quite a lot), believed this bizarre tale so much that it featured in print. Even more oddly, Pope Innocent III in 1215 had to ban specifically the eating of barnacle geese during Lent. The fact that they believed they bred differently from all other birds had allowed a loop-hole to exist of it being permissible to eat them during Lent, although they were still essentially water birds like ducks.
The simple idea they had was that barnacle geese were formed from a gum on driftwood in the sea and as they developed they hung by their beaks from pieces of driftwood just like seaweed. It seems bizarre but in reality there are some large barnacles which, with a vivid imagination, could be thought to resemble small geese in shells. Of course we now know that they breed just like all other birds, although we didn't know where this took place for a long time.
With a massive desire to discover new lands, facts and to step where no one has before, those early naturalist explorers slowly put the breeding grounds on the map. We know today that there are three distinct breeding populations. One is in Greenland and Iceland (they spend winter in Ireland), a second is in Svalbard (we used to call it Spitsbergen) which winter on the Solway Firth in Dumfries. The last colony is in Novaya Zemlya (Russia) and winters in the Netherlands.
Geese make great eating and consequently we shoot them for the pot. Unfortunately we were a bit too indiscriminate in the past and the Svalbard population had dropped to only 300 birds by the 1940s. The fate of such populations was one of the major incentives for Sir Peter Scott to set up the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. Caerlavarock is their reserve on the Solway and by working both here and in Svalbard the population now stands in excess of 30,000, an amazing feat of conservation.
It was to Svalbard I journeyed to join up my own personal dots. I have seen barnacle geese in Derbyshire at Carsington Water and have spent many weekends in Caelavarock watching the huge flocks, which are simply stunning in flight. A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be asked to be the on-board photographer for a ship that was travelling around the islands of Svalbard, a land of ice and snow well within the Arctic Circle.
As I spent the next few weeks mesmerised by the scenery and wildlife I was constantly drawn back to my earlier readings of expeditions to Svalbard. The reality of the place never let me down. It is one of the last truly wild and unspoilt parts of our continent. The icing on the cake, however, was photographing a number of barnacle geese with their goslings, my dots were now firmly joined.
Many scientists use large, coloured, plastic rings on birds' legs to help identify individuals without ever having to catch them again, something that must be incredibly stressful. So while I was photographing the adults I could read the numbers on their green leg rings with ease. I watched SBC, AIZ and TVA escort their young chicks across the arctic tundra. In a few months those chicks would fledge and learn to fly. The parents would have to undergo a moult which means they are flightless for three or four weeks and very vulnerable, particularly to polar bears, their main predator.
If they can make it through this period, which clearly most must do, they then have a 2,000 mile journey to Southern Scotland. In 2011 a wild barnacle goose which was colour ringed was seen at Carsington Water with a number of feral birds (escaped from captivity but now living wild in Derbyshire). It would be a staggering longshot but I dream that one day I will see SBC, AIZ or TVA in the UK. My dots would have been joined in the most amazing way possible.