Reader Questionnaire: What Does Reader Rob Want?
What sound or noise do you love? Many-many. Rain after drought. The onset of a thunderstorm in hot summer weather. The laughter of children.
What is your favorite word? Too many to list, I love words. Easier to list least favorite, but I can't think what would be worst.
Fiction or Nonfiction? That I read? Both.
Ebook, audio book, or physical book? I still prefer a physical book, partly because my Kindle's index is messed up. It only lists half a dozen books, though if I remember title or author I can pull up the others. But who can remember them all? Also, the physical book will still be readable, whereas magnetic memories are very frail.
What makes you choose a book to read? Author? Cover? Blurb? Any or all of the foregoing, and other things as well: reviews, recommendations, etc.
Recommendation? Anything by James Schmitz. I also like Jack McDevitt, Jack Vance, Matthew Hughes, and a whole bunch of classics, Heinlein and all that.
What makes you put down a book? Bad writing, lack of logic, inaccurate characterization or observation. If's well-written but merely dull, I'll probably go on, but I'll never re-read it. A good book bears re-reading.
What are you reading now? Currently re-reading C. J. Cherryh's "Chanur" series.
Do you re-read books? The good ones, yes.
All time favorite book? Too many to list. There are a hundred in the top ten, even.
Hi! This is Lynette again.
I love that last answer, don't you?
Now I have to confess, Rob Chilson is my co-author and a dear friend. He and I wrote three White Box novellas, two of which were published in Analog Science Fiction, Science Fact Magazine. He graciously agreed to take my little questionnaire. Here's a photo of us from a few years back.
I was born at home in Oklahoma, after my mother spent part of the morning hoeing in the garden. It was a pretty old-fashioned family even for that time (1945) and place. My father was a scarecrow. We subsequently moved to California, where my memories begin. I remember the first flake of snow I ever saw. (It disappeared before I got a good look at it.) Since then I've lost track of snowflakes; we moved back to Missouri (my mother's natal state) when I was eight, and I have been a confirmed Midwesterner ever since.
I decided, about age six, that I wanted to be a writer. I even wrote a couple of stories. I concluded that I was not yet ready to be a writer, so postponed it until I was grown up. At age eleven, I concluded that I now knew enough to be a writer; for instance, I now understood improper fractions.
Better yet, buy one of his books. One of my favorites is his spoof on horror comics called Black as Blood.
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Is that guy groping your shoulder? I hear his Missouri twin has tried that, too.
All kidding aside, Bill. So nice of you to visit my little site.


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As the Global Cities Director for Arcadis, John leads a billion-euro client portfolio of 21 Cities including a global team of City Executives who are dedicated to delivering sustainable urban outcomes which improve a city's quality of life and liveability.
Under John's direction, the Global Cities Program aims to create liveable cities by improving resilience, mobility, and urbanization. His city executive team works with cities to become more intelligent, by applying data analytics to make better decisions and create smarter cities. His global cities community provides a platform where colleagues across regions exchange insights about the most prominent urban issues, and initiate city-to-city collaboration.
Under his executive sponsorship, Arcadis has developed a number of city focused marketing campaigns, ranging from future mobility, decarbonization and the Sustainable Cities Index series, which was built around comparing and contrasting global cities according to the triple bottom line (people, planet and profit) as a way of evaluating city sustainability. The indices' methodology indicates of where cities have an opportunity to improve quality of life and allow sharing of global best practices. Under John's direction, a Sustainable Cities Index was released in 2015, 2016 and 2018. A Sustainable Cities Water Index was published in 2016 and a Sustainable Cities Mobility Index in 2017.
Prior to his current position, he was the Global Director of Water and the Director of Strategic Client Development for Arcadis North America. John has a wealth of experience which includes Sustainable Cities & Communities, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Public Health, Marketing & Branding, Water Utility Management and Thought Leadership & Public Speaking.
Theo was appointed in 2017 as London's first Chief Digital Officer to lead on London-wide digital transformation, data and smart city initiatives at City Hall. Since then he has developed the Smart London Together Roadmap (2018) and initiated a series of programmes to build London's collective capability for innovation including the establishment of the London Office of Technology and Innovation, the Mayor's Civic Innovation Challenges and the Connected London Programme for fibre infrastructure. Theo is currently supporting the city's Recovery programme, developing a new London Datastore and a city-wide Charter for Emerging Technology.
Andy Byford is a transport professional whose thirty year career has spanned three continents.
Andy joined London Underground in 1989 as a uniformed Station Foreman before working his way up to General Manager of the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines. After a spell as Operations and Safety Director of two mainline train operating companies, Andy's career took him to Sydney as Chief Operating Officer of Australia's largest railway network then on to Canada where he headed up the Toronto Transit Commission. Most recently, Andy served as President of New York City Transit, the busiest and largest transit system in North America.
Andy returned to Transport for London in June 2020 as Commissioner. He grew up in Plymouth and is a graduate of the University of Leicester.
Harry Cassar is a Technology Director in bp's Future Mobility & Solutions and Digital Science & Engineering teams working on future mobility projects and working with bp's businesses to identify new and advanced digital technologies and the opportunities and potential disruptions they bring. Additionally, Harry is also responsible for the technology due diligence of companies that bp invests in.
With over 20 years' experience in Digital Innovations Harry has held a variety of leadership roles in design, delivery, and strategy with BP and his previous employer, British Telecom International. He has a firm belief that the power of innovation is only realized through its application at scale and as such is a strong proponent of understanding not just new technology but also a deep understanding of the needs and strategies of the businesses built through strong relationships.
Harry has been quoted in several external journals such as the Financial Times, BBC and New York Times, cited in "Innovation alchemists, what every CEO needs to know to hire the right Chief Innovation Officer" and "The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations." He has also won both internal/external awards for his work, including BP's prestigious 'Helios Partnership award.'
Harry is an Electrical & Electronic engineer by background.
Stephen Dadswell is Head of Corporate Finance at Transport for London , the integrated transport authority responsible for the majority of public transport in Greater London and for delivering the Mayor of London's £80bn transport strategy .
TfL Corporate Finance is responsible for managing TfL's corporate debt (including a listed bond programme), cash balances, insurance, third party funding and structuring and executing complex, multi-stakeholder financing transactions.
In a 13-year career at TfL, Stephen has been responsible for structuring and closing the Silvertown Tunnel PPP and the acquisitions of the Metronet and Tube Lines PPPs and reintegration into London Underground. Stephen has also been responsible for developing funding and financing solutions for a series of other projects including other new river crossings as well as the Bakerloo line, Northern line and DLR extensions.
Stephen has also been responsible for setting up and managing a new commercial development team within TfL. He has previously worked in corporate finance teams in DfT and PwC and started his working career as an engineer at Over Arup on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (aka HS1).
Emma Degg is the Chief Executive of the North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT). The NWBLT brings together leaders of national and international businesses with substantial commitments and interests in the North West of England. The Team works to exert its collective influence for the long-term good of the region, economically, environmentally, culturally and socially.
Emma has spent her career focussed upon bringing together business leaders and policy makers to make a tangible difference, nationally, across the North West and in local government. She regards the promotion of responsible business leadership as essential to the future of the UK economy.
Emma serves on the UK2070 independent House of Lords Commission led by Sir Bob Kerslake that is examining how to tackle the UK's economic and social regional disparities. She is a Board Member of Made Smarter North West and a Trustee of 'We Mind the Gap'.
Billy's career in telecommunications and technology spans 25 years. He has held several senior leadership roles in the UK and Ireland, focusing on public sector activities across central and local government, and the third sector.
In 2017, he joined BAI Communications as CEO for their UK operation. Billy's role with BAI entails expanding BAI's capabilities across Europe with particular focus on the UK market.
Before joining BAI, Billy worked for Telefonica O2 UK as Managing Director for Enterprise and Public Sector Business. In this role, he was responsible for Telefonica O2 UK's public sector activities and for activities in the Enterprise marketplace leading successful major projects across strategic partnering and compliance.
Billy is a graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology and the University College Dublin (Dr. Michael Smurfitt Business School).
Claudette is a regeneration professional with more 30 years' experience of developing and implementing large scale regeneration programmes within regional and local government. A former Executive Director at the London Development Agency, she spearhead a £125m per annum London-wide regeneration programme. More recently, as a Director of CAF Consulting Ltd, she has been assisting a range of largely public sector organisations in their regeneration and economic development efforts.
Jamie joined Uber in June 2018 as Regional General Manager for Northern and Eastern Europe. The role covers Uber's rides business in more than 70 cities and 12 countries including the UK. Across Northern and Eastern Europe, Uber serves more than 110,000 drivers and around 8 million active riders
Previously, Jamie was at Amazon, where he was Director of their Electronics division in the UK responsible for both the Retail and Marketplace businesses.
Before joining Amazon in 2014, Jamie spent 15 years in telecoms, where he was Managing Director of Virgin Mobile in the UK and launched Virgin Mobile in India and Orange in Thailand. He was also CEO of Virgin Mobile in China for three years and started his career in Asia working for the Swire Group.
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe was elected Leader of Bradford Council in May 2016. Susan is Bradford born and bred and has served as councillor for Windhill & Wrose since 2011. She has been the Chair of West Yorkshire Combined Authority since 2017 and also leads on Skills for the region. As such she is delighted that the region has now achieved a West Yorkshire Mayoral Devolution Deal which will commence in May 2021.
Under Susan's leadership the Council has sustained momentum for economic growth which has seen redevelopment of major assets such as St George's Hall, Cliffe Castle and the Bradford Live venue, formation of three Business Improvement Districts, innovative skills partnerships around key economic sectors, extension of enterprise zones supporting smaller businesses and successful attraction of major new companies to the District such as PwC and the NEC - just some of the reasons why Barclays named Bradford the best place to start a high growth business in the UK.
Before getting involved in politics Susan had a wide-ranging career, from running her own business, to working in a Marketing agency and also spending five years in a management role at a national newspaper. Immediately prior to becoming Leader, she worked for Business in the Community, a national charity which promotes responsible business practice. There she managed the Healthy High Streets regeneration programme, a national programme operating in 67 towns across the UK.
Focussed on delivering improved Transport, Education and Culture across the region, Susan is clear about what needs to be achieved and is building partnerships across the country to turn these ambitions into reality.
During his time as CEO, Heathrow has consistently improved service levels for passengers, while reducing costs, and it is now rated one of the best airports in the world. Heathrow was named "Sustainable Business of the Year" at the edie awards and one of the Best Companies to work for by the Sunday Times.
He is chair of the Business in the Community Employment and Skills Leadership Team, a member of DEFRA's Council for Sustainable Business, a member of HRH the Prince of Wales' Sustainable Markets Council, and a Commissioner with the Energy Transitions Commission. John is also a Non-Executive Director at Thames Tideway.
Before becoming CEO in July 2014, he was Development Director, responsible for delivering the £2.5bn Terminal 2 on time and on budget.
Prior to joining Heathrow, John worked in housebuilding with Taylor Wimpey, in brewing and leisure retail with Bass plc and as a strategy consultant with LEK. He has lived and worked in the UK, US, Australia and the Philippines.
Amanda is Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London and has held Chairs in International Business & Marketing at multiple institutions in the UK and Visiting Chairs internationally. An eminent social scientist, she has a strong leadership track record and rare insight into a cross-section of strategic groupings of Universities. Before joining East London, she was Chief Executive Officer, Newcastle University London; Pro-Vice Chancellor (International Priorities) & Executive Dean of the College of Business & Law, University of Salford; Principal of St. Cuthbert's Society (a Durham University College) and Deputy Dean of Durham Business School. She led the 2014 Times Higher Education Business School of the Year.
Charlie is a PwC Corporate Finance Partner and the UK Transport and Logistics Leader.
Charlie is a strategic thinker and specialises in providing financial, commercial, procurement and structuring advice on the delivery of complex projects. He has 20 years experience advising on infrastructure financing, equipment financing and procurement and concessions. Charlie has worked on projects in the UK and 19 other countries across a number of sectors including Transport, Health, Education, Housing and Defence. His clients include Department for Transport, Transport for London, Network Rail, HS2 and a range of private sector transport operators and infrastructure funds.
Sara Kelly is the Connected London lead at the Greater London Authority. She is responsible for delivering the Mayor's manifesto commitment to improve London's digital connectivity and the Connected London work programme. Her work includes coordinating grant funding for the Connected London Full Fibre network, developing the Standardised Mobile Agreement, and other project and policy work facilitating and promoting London's digital infrastructure.
Sara joined the GLA in 2013. Prior to that she worked with technology start-ups as the Executive Director at the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), with a wide range of clients at a public affairs consultancy, and for a Member of Parliament.
Rishi Madlani has worked for NatWest Group for over 15 years across the London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt offices. Rishi leads Sustainable Finance for the Group which encompasses the bank's activities supporting the transition to a lower carbon economy and increasing our funding to areas with a wider social purpose. Over the last 2 years the bank provided £9.9bn of funding to the Sustainable Energy sector and the bank has now set a £20bn funding and financing target to support climate and sustainable finance.
Outside the office Rishi serves as an elected Councillor in Camden, representing Bloomsbury ward, and is Chair of the London Borough of Camden Pension Committee. The fund is a Local Government Pension Scheme and won a LAPF Award for its innovative approach to ESG. Total membership of the fund is c. 20,000 and the total market value of the assets is c. £1.8bn.
Rishi also serves on the boards of the UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association and RenewableUK.
Mike McNicholas is Managing Director of 'Atkins' infrastructure division, a diverse business operating across numerous markets including Aviation, Defence, Energy, Transportation, Cities & Development, Education and Water. He is also the company's director for London.
A Chartered Civil Engineer by profession, Mike joined Atkins following graduation from Imperial College, London in 1982. Having driven and worked on a wide range of projects during his career, from the Burj al Arab to London 2012 Games, he now leads a team of 3,000 professionals ranging in skill from Architecture to Systems Engineering.
Mike is passionate about helping young people forge careers in engineering, particularly at a time when the industry is adapting to the digital revolution.
Gabriel Metcalf is the CEO of the Committee for Sydney, a role he has held since January 2019. The Committee for Sydney is a research and advocacy organisation that works with leaders across Sydney to solve the problems of today and tomorrow.
From 2005 to 2018, he served as the President and CEO of SPUR, an urban policy research and advocacy group for the San Francisco Bay Area. Gabriel led SPUR through a major expansion of its work, staffing, funding, geographic footprint, and impact.
Gabriel has led initiatives on housing, transport, economic development, and climate adaptation, among other topics, striving to bring together both vision and practicality.
Gabriel earned a Master's degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design. From 2016-2018 he held the Cornish Endowed Chair in City and Regional Planning at U.C. Berkeley, where he taught an acclaimed course, "Cities and Social Change."
A frequent speaker and writer on planning and policy topics, some of his publications include Sand Castles Before the Tide: Affordable Housing in Expensive Cities; Four Scenarios for Year 2070; Learning from Tokyo; The San Francisco Exodus; and The Great Dithering. He is also the author of Democratic by Design (St. Martin's Press, 2015).
Andy Mitchell has been Chief Executive Officer of Tideway since early summer 2014. He was previously Programme Director and board member at Crossrail. Andy has managed a number of high profile projects both in the United Kingdom and overseas. After 12 years working in the United Arab Emirates, France and South Africa and on major developments such as Hong Kong Airport and the Hong Kong West Rail, he joined Network Rail in 2001. He was Project Director for Network Rail's Southern Power Upgrade project, and was also the Major Programme Director of the Thameslink Programme. Andy is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, former Chair of the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Platform (i3P), and the Infrastructure Client Group (ICG) and since 2018 has been Co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). He was awarded the CBE for his services to Civil Engineering.
Donald Morrison is Jacobs' People & Places Solutions U.K./Europe Senior Vice President and General Manager and Global Executive Sponsor of Digital, and leads over 6,000 people in the delivery of critical buildings, transport, water and environmental projects to support thriving cities & communities and resilient environments.
In his 28 years at Jacobs, Donald has enjoyed a variety of experiences and successes alongside enthusiastic teams and inspirational leaders. A STEM Learning U.K. Ambassador, he is passionate about people and strives to develop an environment where everyone can unleash their potential by leveraging the strengths and diversity of individuals and teams to deliver solutions that challenge the norm.
A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Donald believes in challenging today to reinvent tomorrow; empowering his teams to look at challenges from a different perspective to create better outcomes for people and communities. He endeavours to build inclusive and diverse teams that deliver with integrity and do the right thing for clients, communities and each other.
As its first permanent Director, he has established the Northern Powerhouse Partnership as the business led organisation which convenes the North together. From securing further investment to guarantee HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail would work together as an integrated high speed network, to challenging for a better deal for the most disadvantaged from the education system, his team are focused on how government, business and partners can drive the North's ambitions. Before joining the Partnership, he worked in senior research and public affairs roles for the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Yorkshire Building Society, as well as previously serving as Cabinet Member for Quality of Life at Newcastle City Council.
Dr. William Oliver Norman is London's first Walking and Cycling Commissioner, working to deliver the Mayor's pledges to make walking and cycling safer and easier in the capital.
Will was previously Director of Global Partnerships at Nike. He spent more than three years working with not-for-profits, governments, UN agencies and European Institutions to tackle the global inactivity crisis, with a particular focus on getting children more active.
Prior to working at Nike, Will was Director of Research at the Young Foundation and also set up a successful social research consultancy.
Will has a PhD from the London School of Economics. He is an avid cyclist and enjoys both running and walking throughout the capital. He lives with his family in east London.
Jesse Norman was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 23 May 2019.
Jesse was Paymaster General from 23 May 2019 to 24 July 2019. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Transport from November 2018 to May 2019.
Before that, he was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from June 2017 to November 2018.
He was elected as Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire in May 2010.
Henry oversees national level policy and public affairs for BT Group's key network businesses, specifically EE's 4G & 5G Networks, Openreach (who BT Group is sole shareholder in) and delivery of key broadband initiatives such them as Universal Service Obligation for Broadband.
Prior to joining BT, Henry worked in a variety of policy and public affairs roles across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. Most recently he led public affairs for the doctors regulator, The General Medical Council. He was public policy lead for the GSMA, the leading mobile industry trade body, in their Hong Kong office and was responsible for engagement with 23 governments across the Asia Pacific region. Before that, he was public affairs lead for Gatwick Airport during the launch of their campaign to build a second runway.
Henry holds an MA from Kings College London, and a BA from the University of London.
Sowmya is a Director of Integrated City Planning at Arup. She has 25 years of global experience in the US, UK, Middle East, and India in the masterplanning and regeneration of urban areas experiencing growth and change. Sowmya's work focuses on the design of places underpinned by a resilient model of urbanisation that makes efficient use of natural resources, promotes low carbon growth, and accommodates technological advances in transport and energy with the aim of enabling a high quality of life for people.
Sowmya leads a design team in Arup London with a growing expertise in the use of automation and digital tools to visualise and assess spatial data to inform the design of cities and places. She has been a designer and advisor on projects in the public as well as private sector including Battersea Power Station, London's Olympic Legacy Masterplan and sustainability vision, the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus expansion in South Cambridgeshire, the 10,000-home St. Cuthbert's Garden Village, and a placemaking strategy for London's Broadgate office campus.
Sowmya was appointed in 2017 by the Mayor of London as a Mayoral Design Advocate. As part of this role, she is responsible for working with City Hall and London boroughs to advance London's Good Growth by Design programme. She is a member of the London Design Review Panel and review panels for Transport for London and the Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation.
Liz Peace has more than 35 years' experience in government and the property sector. She spent her early career in the Ministry of Defence, eventually becoming a key player in the team that created QinetiQ plc. She subsequently served as Chief Executive of the British Property Federation (BPF) for thirteen years where she regards her key achievement as being the introduction of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS). She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.
Having retired from the BPF at the end of 2014, Liz now has a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, at Howard de Walden Estates, RPS Group plc, RDI REIT plc, the Churches Conservation Trust, Whiteley Village Trust and the Connected Places Catapult. She is Chairman of the Architectural Heritage Fund and Centre for London and President of the Property Litigation Association.
In 2017 Liz was appointed Chairman of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and in 2018 she became Chair of the Sponsor Board for the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme. She is also a member of the Mayor of London's Homes for Londoners Board
Keith has over 35 years of experience in the infrastructure, property and finance sectors working at Regional Board level for several major companies both in the UK and overseas (USA) and has a background in both architecture (degree from Cambridge) and finance (Chartered Accountant with PWC)
Keith's team at Arcadis provides 'Green Book' Business Case assessments and financial case services for public and private sector clients.
His team also provides client-side Land & Property CPO, compensation, land value capture and wider business case benefit realisation advice and implementation, such as to HE on the new Lower Thames Crossing and previously Thames Tideway Tunnel. In respect of the later project Keith was also a lead partner on Arcadis' Vendor DD reporting which was a key part of the successful DPC approach and capital raise by the stakeholders.
For regional government Keith has written business cases and leads the commercial strategy for new ventures with emphasis on viability and public value. Current main clients include Folkestone & Hythe for a new 10,000 home new Garden Town in Kent (Otterpool') and Granton a district regeneration project in Edinburgh; both with substantial strategic infrastructure requirements.
In wider City Resilience Keith has been part of an Arcadis team running planning workshops for several Cities (many under the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cites Programme) including; Delhi (India), Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Veijle (Denmark), Ghent, Paris, Bratislava and Amora (Portugal).
Keith is a senior lecturer at UCL and as a faculty member of the Bartlett school, is a core member of the team engaged in developing thinking in Policy Led Multi Criteria Analysis (through the Omega Centre) that has advised both UK and international government on major infrastructure appraisal.
In the private sector Keith has advised (whilst at Arcadis) and led (whilst at P&O, Lend Lease and Helical Bar) a wide range of major individual development and investment projects such as at Greenwich Peninsula, Bluewater & Ebbsfleet, Qatar22 World Cup Legacy and was involved, while at P&O, in many of the early UK PFI projects and overseas BOTs.
Steve is the UK Country Manager of Ford owned Spin Mobility and is working with cities to deliver successful e-scooter trials in line with the DfT national trials.
Steve has had a varied career, but developed his passion for micromobility after joining the London Cycle Hire Scheme just before it launched in June 2010. During this time he undertook a variety of roles at the organisation, shaping, improving and innovating the scheme, while it expanded to 12000 bikes. Steve was also Mobike's first hire outside of Asia and grew the UK operation to be the largest international market and more recently gained experience of e-bike share systems with Ride On.
Jeremy Rees is CEO of ExCeL London. He has worked in the exhibition and events industry for over two decades in various roles as organiser, supplier and venue operator for companies including Clarion Events, Earls Court & Olympia Group and from 2010, ExCeL London. Jeremy currently sits on the Board of Association of Event Venues (AEV) and Events Industry Association (EIA), as Treasurer, and has served as Chairman for each organisation. Jeremy is also a board director of The Royal Docks Management Authority (RODMA) and is actively involved in a number of charities including the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) as a non-executive director on the trading board; an active participant for the Lords Taverners Charity and advisory board chairman for NASSA (Newham All Star Sports Academy).
Shirley Rodrigues was appointed as London Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy in October 2016. Previously she oversaw a global climate change grants portfolio at the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) developing their cities and climate strategy, and has devised and delivered new environmental policies and programmes in London, nationally and internationally.
She is now working to deliver the Mayor's vision of making London greener, cleaner and healthier through implementing his London Environment Strategy. This includes ambitious programmes to reduce air pollution across London including the implementation of the world's first Ultra Low Emission Zone, tackle the climate and ecological emergency and help the capital become a zero waste city. A key focus is on ensuring London's economic and social recovery from the impacts of Covid-19 is a green and fair one.
Andrew Rose currently acts in Non-Executive, Senior Adviser and Trustee roles across various sectors including infrastructure, housing and social impact investing. In his Executive career he was a multiple CEO of companies in both the public and private sectors.
His CEO roles included the Homes & Communities Agency, the country's housing, land and regeneration agency, now known as Homes England. In this role he created the country's housing bank which has a multiple billion-pound investment portfolio dedicated to supporting Government's policy of increasing housing supply. He has also been Chief Executive of Infrastructure UK (IUK) in HM Treasury. IUK produced the country's first National Infrastructure Plan. Most recently he was the inaugural Chief Executive of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA), a membership body representing investors in global infrastructure and leading advisers to the sector. He was in this role until the end of 2019.
Andrew's other private sector roles have included Managing Director, Investment Banking, CIBC World Markets, where he established and led the Canadian bank's European infrastructure investment banking practice, and where he worked for 17 years in both the UK and USA.
He now has a portfolio of roles. He has recently been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of The Oversight Trust, formerly Big Society Trust, which has a governance role for four social impact investment companies including Big Society Capital, which are funded primarily from dormant bank account money. He also sits on the Department for International Trade Capital Investment Advisory Board and is a Senior Adviser to Agilia Infrastructure Partners and a start-up enterprise software mental wellbeing company. He is on the Advisory Panel for the COVID Recovery Commission. The aim of the Commission is to produce policy ideas to support higher productivity levels, promote investment and a culture of innovation post the pandemic.
She is a Senior Independent Director at SGN Network and the Energy Systems Catapult. She is Chair of the Northern Ireland Expert Panel on Energy Transition and was Chair of the BEIS/Ofgem Energy System Data Taskforce. She was a member of the Advisory Panel for the Government's Cost of Energy Review, and is on the Council for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage.
She is founder of the Food Foundation and co-founder of POWERful Women and former Deputy Chair of the Food Standards Agency.
She was previously a Member of Parliament for South Thanet, and described by The Times as 'one of the sanest of all MPs' and as 'lateral-minded, original and free-thinking'.
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In recent years he has led the council's commitment to ensuring local communities see the benefits of growth in the borough. He has also led the work on Southwark's new local plan and since then he has developed the council's approach on strategic transport infrastructure and relationship with Transport for London.
Johnson is lead member for Southwark's response to the Climate Emergency and its commitment to reach net zero by 2030.
Since 2014, he has represented Peckham ward in Southwark. Prior to joining Southwark's Cabinet, he worked in International Development.
Rachel is Executive Director (Transport) of WSP and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. She is also the Senior Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and will become its President in November 2020. In 2019, she was appointed by the Scottish Government as a Commissioner for the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland. Rachel is a Patron of Women in Transport (a not-for-profit), having been one of its founding board members since 2005. She is a chartered engineer, chartered transport planner and an ICE Fellow and Trustee.
Rachel was named in The Telegraph's inaugural Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2016, then in 2017 she won both "Most Distinguished Winner" and "Best Woman in Civil Engineering" at the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards. In 2019 she was confirmed by the Financial Times as one of the UK's Top 100 Women in Engineering. She is regularly invited to give keynote conference presentations and to chair or participate in panel discussions at national industry events.
A transport planner and geographer by technical background, Rachel has authored and co-authored several publications, most recently on driverless vehicles, shared mobility and future place-making. She is involved with strategic projects for clients across the public and private sectors, including leadership of a growing portfolio of future mobility projects in the UK and overseas.
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Mark started his career as a technician apprentice on the London Underground. He is a Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management at UCL and an honorary fellow at both the Association for Project Management and the Institution of Civil Engineers. In 2019 he received an honorary doctorate of technology at the University of East London.
Julian Ware is Head of Major Project Funding at Transport for London.
Since 2007 Julian has worked on the Crossrail 1 project (£15 billion) seeing new funding streams through to implementation.
He also helped put together the funding for the Northern Line to Battersea Power Station (£1 billion) and the rail extension at Barking (£200 million). He has led TfL's work on land value capture and fiscal devolution for several years.
Julian worked at KPMG between 2001 and 2007 mainly on international rail projects – having started his career in the UK Department of Transport.
Matt Webb is Head of Enterprise Data Management for UK Power Networks; the electricity distribution network operator for London and the south-east of England. As an information systems and data management professional, he is accountable for the end-to-end asset data and information lifecycle, including collection and capture, asset register and geospatial systems management, data quality management and data governance.
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Kate Willard is the Thames Estuary Envoy. Government-appointed, and chair of the Thames Estuary Growth Board, she is the driving force behind their ambitious plans to transform the area.
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Kate is a Churchill Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
Kathryn Wylde is President and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City, the city's leading business organization. Its mission is to work with government, labor, and the civic sector to build a stronger New York, with a focus on education, infrastructure and the economy.
Prior to taking over the Partnership presidency in 2001, Ms. Wylde was the founding CEO of both the Partnership's housing and investment fund affiliates. She was responsible for developing and managing affordable housing and economic development programs that contributed to the renaissance of blighted urban neighborhoods across the five boroughs. With the investment fund, she built a network of business leaders and investors that nurtured the growth of the city's "innovation economy," creating thousands of jobs and promoting entrepreneurship and social enterprise.
Ms. Wylde regularly contributes opinion pieces and commentary on urban policy issues and serves on many nonprofit boards.
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Peter Hogg, London City Executive and UK Cities Director, Partner at Arcadis
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In Conversation: TfL in a post Covid-19 era – What does the future hold?
Why has collaboration between the public and private sector to deliver new homes become so contentious? And how can a new era of joint ventures be established?
The Road to Full Fibre and 5G
Full fibre and 5G rollout is needed to future proof our digital infrastructure, but London lags behind: what can the private and public sector do to speed up deployment of these technologies?
How are global cities recovering and reinventing post Covid-19?
Covid-19 has challenged fundamental assumptions about the world's largest cities. How are global cities starting to recover and reimagine urban life?
Networking & exhibition tour
Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive, London First
Introduction from Summit Chair
John Dickie, Director of Strategy and Policy, London First
In Conversation with TfL Commissioner
How is Transport for London continuing to cope with the impacts of Covid-19? Where are the opportunities as we emerge from the crisis? And with pre-Covid questions about TfL's funding, what decisions now need to be taken to ensure TfL is sustainable in the long-term?
Interview Pairs: How will London's transport change post Covid-19?
Covid-19 has necessitated a rethink of how we travel around the city. In three short interviews we will examine which of these trends will stick and how we will all need to respond:
1. The future of active travel
2. The future of London's roads
3. The future of megaprojects
Making London a more resilient city post-Covid
Parallel sessions – How do we build a more resilient city?
11:50am – 12:35pm
Net Zero by 2050
This session will look at the decarbonisation challenge of the next Mayoral term and discuss what business and London's government need to do to accelerate the delivery of a decarbonised economy in London.
Data as vital infrastructure
What if the ability to track, trace and communicate risk of Covid-19 infections was integrated through transport networks, restaurants and research institutions? The social impact through the sharing and collective use of data across public and private spheres is limitless. The session explores how better collaboration between the public and private sector can unlock the potential of data as vital infrastructure resource for the capital.
Panel Discussion and Q&A:
Cities across the world have seen an unprecedented level of change during 2020. Initially this was in response to massive, enforced, changes to behaviour, but as Covid has receded in some places, cities across the world have become creative in their recoveries. Urban life is coming back with innovations in transport pricing, new designs for street usage, and fundamental questions about long-term demand for all forms of urban infrastructure. By bringing together voices from major cities around the world, we hope to share best practice and spark discussions about how global cities continue to recover and reinvent themselves post-Covid
Summary remarks & close
What is the post-Covid contract between the capital & the country?
Panel Discussion and Q&A on London's national role:
With the levelling up agenda thrown into sharp relief by the fiscal challenges of recovering from Covid-19, what is the new contract between capital and country?
Parallel Sessions - Closing the infrastructure gap: How does the UK pay for it?
Transport Funding Reform
Where could new sources of funding for London's transport pipeline come from in the levelling up era? Could new transport funding models be rolled out across the UK?
The Role of Private Capital
Should private investment in the UK's infrastructure be increased whilst public sector balance sheets are constrained post Covid-19? And, if so, what are the new models that are politically viable for facilitating this?
12:00pm – 12:30pm
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In Conversation with a Treasury Minister
The whole economy has been heavily impacted by Covid-19. The challenges of the recovery will be unprecedented and felt across government, but they will also have to intersect with other, pre-existing priorities including the levelling-up agenda, delivering Brexit, and funding and financing the future of the UK's infrastructure. What is London's role in this complex equation?
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2020 WESTERN MAGNESIUM : A Message from the Executive President & CEO, Sam Ataya
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2020 WESTERN MAGNESIUM : Announces amendment to the close of the first tranche non-brokered private placement
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NEW YORK, NY - TheNewswire - November 20, 2020 - Western Magnesium Corporation (TSXV: WMG; Frankfurt-M1V; OTCQB: MLYF) ('Western Magnesium' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce the closing of the 1st tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (see news release dated September 10, 2020). The 1st tranche financing was closed on 5,373,786 Units at a price of $0.13 per Unit for gross proceeds of $698,592.21.
Western Magnesium has applied for a 30-day extension from the TSX Venture Exchange for its current non-brokered private placement. The Company confirms that there is no material undisclosed information.
The maximum Offering is for gross proceeds of up to CDN $7,000,000. Each Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of Western Magnesium Corporation (the 'Common Shares') and one Common Share Purchase Warrant (the 'Warrants'). Each Warrant will be exercisable into one Common Share for a period of one year at a price of $0.19/share.
The completion of the private placement and payment of any commission and fees remains subject to the receipt of all necessary approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The securities issued will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada for a period of four months and one day from the Closing Date. The securities have not been registered with the SEC and are also subject to a statutory one-year hold period in compliance with Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended. The Regulation S hold period supersedes the TSX Venture Exchange hold period. Proceeds of the private placement will be used for working capital and to complete our commercialized pilot plant.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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About Western Magnesium
Western Magnesium's goal is to be a low-cost producer of green, primary magnesium metal, a strategic commodity prized for its strength and light weight. Unlike outdated and costly production processes, Western Magnesium looks to use a continuous silicothermic process to produce magnesium, which significantly reduces labor and energy costs relative to current methods and processes, while being environmentally friendly.
Company Contact: John Ulmer | julmer@westmagcorp.com | 604-423-2709
Statements in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, including the Company's dolomite reserves may not be mined because of technical, regulatory, financing or other obstacles, the market price for magnesium may make our resources uneconomic and we may not be able hire and retain skilled employees. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward‐looking information except as required by law. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward‐looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release.
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"You can own all the latest technology or build the finest facilities, but it's the employees who determine whether you're a good hospital or a great hospital," said Mark Shelley, Lexington Medical Center's director of marketing. "As a way of honoring our staff and their services, we're showcasing them in billboards and print advertising throughout our service area."
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Oyo Deputy governor, Olaniyan, barred from attending Ajimobi's Fidau prayer. Credit. Premium Times
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The statement read, "Again, some members and aides of the former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi continue to rebuff the hand of fellowship extended to the family of the late governor by the government of Oyo State led by His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde.
"Today at the 8th day Fidau Prayers of the former Governor Oyo State Isaika Ajimobi, the Deputy Governor, Engr Rauf Olaniyan, was denied access to the venue of the event.
"The Deputy Governor, who led the government delegation comprising himself and some commissioners, on the approval of the governor, was kept waiting at the gate for over 15 minutes. Even when security men at the gate went in to tell them he was at the gate, no directive came back to grant his Excellency access.
"At a point, the security personnel in uniform and mufti at the gates became very hostile and the ADC to the Deputy Governor was manhandled by men of the police force. It was at this point that the Deputy Governor decided to leave the scene that was becoming tense while waiting in his car.
"Having waited for a while to see if the situation would change to no avail, he proceeded to take his leave.
"It should be noted that the Deputy Governor put a call through to Alhaji Kunle Sanni, Chairman of Oyo State Muslim Council, who was among the officiating ministers, that he was at the gate and was being denied entrance. Alhaji Sanni responded that his hands were tied. This is clear indication that what transpired was premeditated.
"There was no truth in the family saying they were not aware that the state government delegation was at the gate because Mr Bolaji Tunji was severally called by men of Civil Defence at the gate.
"Even if the Deputy Governor arrived when the prayers had started, it is a well-known fact in Islam that when prayers are on-going and a male walks in, it's an indication that the prayers have received Allah's acceptance.
"However, Engr Rauf Olaniyan wishes to reiterate that the visit of the government delegation to the 8th day Fidau Prayers of His Excellency Senator Isaika Ajimobi was a clear demonstration on the part of His Excellency, Engr Seyi Makinde, that the late governor is held in high regard. He stated that it was only fitting for the state government to show respect to the late governor at the Fidau prayers held in his honour.
"The Deputy Governor also wishes to put it on record that despite the way he was treated by the Ajimobi family, which he refuses to hold personal, he has displayed maturity as required of the public office at this level. He holds no grudges and he will continue to pray that Allah grants the departed former Governor Al-Jana Firdaus.
"Engr. Rauf Olaniyan will also like to draw the attention of the Oyo state Commissioner of Police to the highly unprofessional and unruly conduct of the police personnel at the premises."
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"I'll vote for your legislation, if you'll vote for mine." This is never said in public, but occurs constantly. Regularly, the leadership requests legislation, and a politician agrees to the request if the leadership includes his project. Politicians trade votes for their respective benefit, which is seldom for the benefit of most Americans.
Political insiders call this "log rolling." The expense to the American public is enormous. This is a blatant taking of property, which incrementally reduces everyone's wealth, security and freedom.
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Last week I finished reading Dragonfly by John Farris, but I didn't have time to write a review until now.
On the front cover of the book Stephen King is quoted to have said that nobody writes horror better than John Farris. A blurb like this gives the reader high expectations, so I was a little disappointed to discover that the book isn't even horror. If I had a point system for rating books, points would definitely be taken off for that bit of misleading information alone. So let me begin by saying that despite what you may have been told elsewhere Dragonfly is not a horror story, it is a mystery romance.
Now that has been clarified, let's move on.
The opening scene grabbed my attention and the following scenes kept me interested. The story and characters are well defined. The author's style of writing is readable; I felt comfortable and could easily become absorbed in what was happening, which I feel is important. I liked the characters and felt attached to them in some ways, so I was eager to learn what the future held for them.
My only real grievance with this book was that I felt it was much longer than necessary. To me, this means that the "middle" lacked something. Actually, it was the last quarter of the book that could have been condensed, in my opinion. I got to the stage where I went passed caring and eventually just wanted the book to end. There's a difference between putting your characters through the wringer and just not knowing when to stop. What I think happened was that the author had so many threads to tie up that it took a lot longer than he planned to provide the necessary resolutions, which spoiled the book.
Despite that, the book was enjoyable and I would try reading something else written by the author.
Ah, the ending sounds like Joe Hill's 'Heart-Shaped Box.' It dropped off at much the same way, which was disappointing given even the middle was at break neck speed.
It's a shame this has to happen and it makes all the difference to the book too. I guess we just need to remember this when we tackle our own manuscripts.


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BioMed Research Journal (ISSN:2578-8892)
Retinoblastoma: A Retrospective Study of 27 Cases in University Hospital of Lubumbashi-DR Congo
Julien Ilunga Nikulu*
Corresponding Author: Julien Ilunga Nikulu, Medical Faculty, Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
Citation: Nikulu JI. (2019) Retinoblastoma: A Retrospective Study of 27 Cases in University Hospital of Lubumbashi-DR Congo. BioMed Res J, 3(S1): 03.
Copyrights: ©2019 Nikulu JI. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
We conducted a retrospective study on 27children with retinoblastoma in the Lubumbashi University Hospital between January 2008 and October 2012. Al cases were diagnosis clinically and 11 cases were confirmed by histology. Sixteen children (59.3%) were male and 11 female (40.7%). Unilateral involvement of the eye was noticed in 24 patients (88.9%) and bilateral in 3 cases (11.1%). The average age was 3 ± 1.4 years in girls and 3.3 ± 1.9 years in boys. Eight patients (29.6%) were treated by surgery only, 3 went thought surgery plus chemotherapy (11.1%) and 7 patients (25.9%) were treated by chemotherapy only. Nine patients (33.3%) did not receive any specific treatment.
The follow-up of patients made in 2013 reported complete remission in 2 patients (7.4%), partial remission in 3 patients (11.1%), recurrence in 2 patients (7.4%), 10 patients (37%) were dead and 10 (37%) were lost from view. Our study indicates needs for early diagnosis and special care to improve the prognosis of retinoblastoma in DRC.
Keywords: Retinoblastoma, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Follow-up
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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace GlowingWindow.Win32
{
	public static class NativeMethods
	{
		[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetWindowLongA", SetLastError = true)]
		public static extern int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);

		public static WS GetWindowLong(this IntPtr hWnd)
		{
			return (WS)GetWindowLong(hWnd, (int)GWL.STYLE);
		}
		public static WSEX GetWindowLongEx(this IntPtr hWnd)
		{
			return (WSEX)GetWindowLong(hWnd, (int)GWL.EXSTYLE);
		}

		[DllImport("user32.dll")]
		public static extern int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong);

		public static WS SetWindowLong(this IntPtr hWnd, WS dwNewLong)
		{
			return (WS)SetWindowLong(hWnd, (int)GWL.STYLE, (int)dwNewLong);
		}
		public static WSEX SetWindowLongEx(this IntPtr hWnd, WSEX dwNewLong)
		{
			return (WSEX)SetWindowLong(hWnd, (int)GWL.EXSTYLE, (int)dwNewLong);
		}

		[DllImport("user32.dll")]
		[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
		public static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int x, int y, int cx, int cy, SWP flags);

		[DllImport("user32.dll")]
		public static extern bool SetWindowPlacement(IntPtr hWnd, [In] ref WINDOWPLACEMENT lpwndpl);

		[DllImport("user32.dll")]
		public static extern bool GetWindowPlacement(IntPtr hWnd, out WINDOWPLACEMENT lpwndpl);

		[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
		public static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hwnd, uint msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

		[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
		public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, WM msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

		public static ClassStyles GetClassLong(this IntPtr hwnd, ClassLongFlags flags)
		{
			if (IntPtr.Size == 8)
			{
				return (ClassStyles)GetClassLong64(hwnd, flags);
			}
			return (ClassStyles)GetClassLong32(hwnd, flags);
		}

		[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="GetClassLong")]
		public static extern IntPtr GetClassLong32(IntPtr hwnd, ClassLongFlags nIndex);

		[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="GetClassLongPtr")]
		public static extern IntPtr GetClassLong64(IntPtr hwnd, ClassLongFlags nIndex);

		public static ClassStyles SetClassLong(this IntPtr hwnd, ClassLongFlags flags, ClassStyles dwLong)
		{
			if (IntPtr.Size == 8)
			{
				return (ClassStyles)SetClassLong64(hwnd, flags, (IntPtr)dwLong);
			}
			return (ClassStyles)SetClassLong32(hwnd, flags, (IntPtr)dwLong);
		}

		[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="SetClassLong")]
		public static extern IntPtr SetClassLong32(IntPtr hWnd, ClassLongFlags nIndex, IntPtr dwNewLong);

		[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="SetClassLongPtr")]
		public static extern IntPtr SetClassLong64(IntPtr hWnd, ClassLongFlags nIndex, IntPtr dwNewLong);

		[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
		public static extern IntPtr MonitorFromWindow(IntPtr hwnd, MonitorDefaultTo dwFlags);

		[DllImport("SHCore.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)]
		public static extern void GetDpiForMonitor(IntPtr hmonitor, MonitorDpiType dpiType, ref uint dpiX, ref uint dpiY);
	}
}

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Ricardo Freire Portuguese footballer
Portuguese footballer
Intro Portuguese footballer
Countries Portugal
Occupations Athlete Football player Association football player
Type Sports
Birth 5 October 1919
Star sign Libra
Ricardo Freire (5 May 1919 - deceased), is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a full back.
He joined Benfica in 1938, but rarely ever played during his six years there. He made a total of 31 appearances, winning two titles.
Freire joined Benfica in 1936, making his debut on 25 October, against Belenenses. He was exclusivily used in the Campeonato de Lisboa, playing eight games and scoring seven goals. A seldom used player, competition from Gaspar Pinto and Elói made him a fringe player, appearing in only 10 games from 1938 until 1941.
In 1941–42, he gained his place in the first team alongside Gaspar Pinto, helping Benfica win the league, making seven appearances.
Following another season without receiving playing time in the league, he left the club, with 31 matches played and seven goals.
Primeira Divisão: 1941–42
Taça de Portugal: 1939–40
Tovar 2012, p. 709.
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Professional drivers are unique individuals with the skills to maneuver the largest vehicles on the road while dealing with the tremendous stress that comes with the job. Citizen Drivers are all of that and more. Being a Citizen Driver has less to do with the truck being driven and the mentality of the person behind the wheel. Citizen Drivers go above and beyond to represent the trucking industry and to help their communities, much like Jerry Seaman has done for over 48 years.
From Huron, South Dakota, Jerry started driving at just 12 years old, delivering goods from farm to market. He later went on to work for Stan's, a family owned and managed trucking business, where he spent nearly 38 years hauling liquid feed and grain. Jerry was looked to as a leader at Stan's and was often appointed to help make company decisions regarding equipment and operations. To date, he has racked up more than 5 million miles in his impressive career, all accident-free.
In 2010, Jerry was chosen as the NASTC Driver of the Year and a member of their 2010 America's Safe Drivers Team. Aside from his brief tenure hauling a tanker of food grade liquids for Cliff Viessman, Jerry's entire trucking career has been working for small trucking companies.
"I get more reward out of helping small companies," Jerry said during the June 9 on-air announcement on the Dave Nemo Show. "I'm a small town South Dakota guy. I prefer to be that way."
In 2011, Jerry began competing in truck driving championships, a true test of a driver's skills and safety record. In his first year of competing in the South Dakota Driving Championships, Jerry received first place in the 5-Axle Van Class, Rookie of the Year and the Larry Thury Award for the highest skills test score. With the highest overall score in the competition, Jerry was also named the Grand Champion.
Jerry's South Dakota state win earned him the right to compete in the Super Bowl of safety, the American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships. The win also granted him membership of the South Dakota Champions Club, a group that helps state champions prepare for the national championship and one that Jerry continues to be part of today. For the last several years, Jerry has set up a practice course for drivers, helping them polish their skills and gain confidence behind the wheel.
After receiving second place in the sleeper division at the South Dakota Truck Driving Championships in 2018, Jerry was asked to compete again in the National Championships as a fill in. After competing in 2018, Jerry decided to shift his focus to helping other drivers train for the competitions. In true Citizen Driver fashion, he felt he could make a greater impact on highway safety by promoting the events and the excitement of competing to younger generations of drivers.
While working for Stan's, Jerry was offered a position in the safety department and worked with drivers to understand and follow the industry's numerous safety rules and regulations. Today, Jerry continues to be recognized for his commitment to safety in the industry. He was the South Dakota Trucking Association's Driver of the Month in September 2010 and October 2018, and was nominated for the 2019 South Dakota Drive of the Year award.
Citizen Drivers do more than drive a truck. While they spend most of their time on the road, leaders like Jerry still find the time to show up for their local communities.
One of Jerry's most cherished awards is the Athlete's Choice Award, given to him at the South Dakota Convoy and Truck Show benefitting the Special Olympics. He and his wife Wilma have served on the Convoy Committee for the South Dakota Convoy for Special Olympics for many years and have poured their hearts and even personal resources into its success. Both Jerry and Wilma received the Founders Award for their volunteer work for the event.
"It's an amazing event with amazing kids," Jerry said. "Even today, I can't go to Sioux Falls without one of the Special Olympics athletes seeing and hollering at me from across a store. Some would even come running and have to get a hug. It's so rewarding because you're making a difference and you really get to see it."
In addition to his extensive work for the South Dakota Convoy for Special Olympics, Jerry has also been a Sunday school teacher to both teenagers and adults, as well as a Sunday school director. He was also the music director and worship leader.
Jerry Seaman has spent his entire career devoted to the trucking industry and giving back to his community, so it will come as no surprise that he has chosen to give back to other truck drivers with his Citizen Driver donation prize. Jerry's $2,500 donation will go to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund to help support professional drivers in need of financial assistance due to injury or illness.
In addition to a donation to their charity of choice, Citizen Drivers get to choose a TA, Petro or TA Express to have named in their honor. Jerry's hits close to home, as he's chosen the TA Express in Vermillion, South Dakota for his site dedication. Formerly a Coffee Cup Fuel Stop, this was a truck stop he frequented long before it became a TA Express.
"Coffee Cup Fuel Stops have been in South Dakota for years and years," Jerry said. "For over 30 years I stopped there on my dedicated coal haul. I suppose I've bought close to hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel from them, never had a bad gallon of fuel once."
If you're passing through South Dakota, stop by the soon to be Jerry Seaman Vermillion Travel Center! And if you know a professional driver who is a leader in the industry and their community, nominate them for the 2021 Citizen Driver award. Visit the Citizen Driver website starting July 1 to submit your nominee.
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