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#include "SkPaint.h"
#include "SkPoint.h"
#include "SkTextBlobRunIterator.h"
#include "SkTypeface.h"

#include "Test.h"

class TextBlobTester {
public:
    // This unit test feeds an SkTextBlobBuilder various runs then checks to see if
    // the result contains the provided data and merges runs when appropriate.
    static void TestBuilder(skiatest::Reporter* reporter) {
        SkTextBlobBuilder builder;

        // empty run set
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);

        RunDef set1[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 100 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set1, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set1), set1, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set1));

        RunDef set2[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 100, 100 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set2, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set2), set2, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set2));

        RunDef set3[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 100, 100 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set3, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set3), set3, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set3));

        RunDef set4[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set4, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set4), set4, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set4));

        RunDef set5[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 200, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 300, 250 },
        };
        RunDef mergedSet5[] = {
            { 256, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 0, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 0, 250 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set5, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set5), mergedSet5,
                       SK_ARRAY_COUNT(mergedSet5));

        RunDef set6[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 100, 100 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 200, 200 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 300, 300 },
        };
        RunDef mergedSet6[] = {
            { 384, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 0, 0 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set6, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set6), mergedSet6,
                       SK_ARRAY_COUNT(mergedSet6));

        RunDef set7[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 200, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 400, 350 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 400, 350 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 450 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 450 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 100, 550 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 200, 650 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 400, 750 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 400, 850 },
        };
        RunDef mergedSet7[] = {
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 150 },
            { 256, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 0, 150 },
            { 256, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 0, 0 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 450 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, 100, 450 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 0, 550 },
            { 128, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, 0, 650 },
            { 256, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, 0, 0 },
        };
        RunBuilderTest(reporter, builder, set7, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(set7), mergedSet7,
                       SK_ARRAY_COUNT(mergedSet7));
    }

    // This unit test verifies blob bounds computation.
    static void TestBounds(skiatest::Reporter* reporter) {
        SkTextBlobBuilder builder;
        SkPaint font;
        font.setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);

        // Explicit bounds.
        {
            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds().isEmpty());
        }

        {
            SkRect r1 = SkRect::MakeXYWH(10, 10, 20, 20);
            builder.allocRun(font, 16, 0, 0, &r1);
            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds() == r1);
        }

        {
            SkRect r1 = SkRect::MakeXYWH(10, 10, 20, 20);
            builder.allocRunPosH(font, 16, 0, &r1);
            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds() == r1);
        }

        {
            SkRect r1 = SkRect::MakeXYWH(10, 10, 20, 20);
            builder.allocRunPos(font, 16, &r1);
            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds() == r1);
        }

        {
            SkRect r1 = SkRect::MakeXYWH(10, 10, 20, 20);
            SkRect r2 = SkRect::MakeXYWH(15, 20, 50, 50);
            SkRect r3 = SkRect::MakeXYWH(0, 5, 10, 5);

            builder.allocRun(font, 16, 0, 0, &r1);
            builder.allocRunPosH(font, 16, 0, &r2);
            builder.allocRunPos(font, 16, &r3);

            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds() == SkRect::MakeXYWH(0, 5, 65, 65));
        }

        {
            // Verify empty blob bounds after building some non-empty blobs.
            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds().isEmpty());
        }

        // Implicit bounds

        {
            // Exercise the empty bounds path, and ensure that RunRecord-aligned pos buffers
            // don't trigger asserts (http://crbug.com/542643).
            SkPaint p;
            p.setTextSize(0);
            p.setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kUTF8_TextEncoding);

            const char* txt = "BOOO";
            const size_t txtLen = strlen(txt);
            const int glyphCount = p.textToGlyphs(txt, txtLen, nullptr);

            p.setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);
            const SkTextBlobBuilder::RunBuffer& buffer = builder.allocRunPos(p, glyphCount);

            p.setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kUTF8_TextEncoding);
            p.textToGlyphs(txt, txtLen, buffer.glyphs);

            memset(buffer.pos, 0, sizeof(SkScalar) * glyphCount * 2);
            SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, blob->bounds().isEmpty());
        }
    }

    // Verify that text-related properties are captured in run paints.
    static void TestPaintProps(skiatest::Reporter* reporter) {
        SkPaint font;
        font.setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);

        SkAutoTUnref<SkTypeface> typeface(SkTypeface::RefDefault());

        // Kitchen sink font.
        font.setTextSize(42);
        font.setTextScaleX(4.2f);
        font.setTypeface(typeface);
        font.setTextSkewX(0.42f);
        font.setTextAlign(SkPaint::kCenter_Align);
        font.setHinting(SkPaint::kFull_Hinting);
        font.setAntiAlias(true);
        font.setUnderlineText(true);
        font.setStrikeThruText(true);
        font.setFakeBoldText(true);
        font.setLinearText(true);
        font.setSubpixelText(true);
        font.setDevKernText(true);
        font.setLCDRenderText(true);
        font.setEmbeddedBitmapText(true);
        font.setAutohinted(true);
        font.setVerticalText(true);
        font.setFlags(font.getFlags() | SkPaint::kGenA8FromLCD_Flag);

        // Ensure we didn't pick default values by mistake.
        SkPaint defaultPaint;
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.getTextSize() != font.getTextSize());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.getTextScaleX() != font.getTextScaleX());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.getTypeface() != font.getTypeface());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.getTextSkewX() != font.getTextSkewX());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.getTextAlign() != font.getTextAlign());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.getHinting() != font.getHinting());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isAntiAlias() != font.isAntiAlias());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isUnderlineText() != font.isUnderlineText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isStrikeThruText() != font.isStrikeThruText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isFakeBoldText() != font.isFakeBoldText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isLinearText() != font.isLinearText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isSubpixelText() != font.isSubpixelText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isDevKernText() != font.isDevKernText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isLCDRenderText() != font.isLCDRenderText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isEmbeddedBitmapText() != font.isEmbeddedBitmapText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isAutohinted() != font.isAutohinted());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, defaultPaint.isVerticalText() != font.isVerticalText());
        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, (defaultPaint.getFlags() & SkPaint::kGenA8FromLCD_Flag) !=
                                  (font.getFlags() & SkPaint::kGenA8FromLCD_Flag));

        SkTextBlobBuilder builder;
        AddRun(font, 1, SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning, SkPoint::Make(0, 0), builder);
        AddRun(font, 1, SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning, SkPoint::Make(0, 0), builder);
        AddRun(font, 1, SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning, SkPoint::Make(0, 0), builder);
        SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());

        SkTextBlobRunIterator it(blob);
        while (!it.done()) {
            SkPaint paint;
            it.applyFontToPaint(&paint);

            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.getTextSize() == font.getTextSize());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.getTextScaleX() == font.getTextScaleX());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.getTypeface() == font.getTypeface());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.getTextSkewX() == font.getTextSkewX());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.getTextAlign() == font.getTextAlign());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.getHinting() == font.getHinting());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isAntiAlias() == font.isAntiAlias());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isUnderlineText() == font.isUnderlineText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isStrikeThruText() == font.isStrikeThruText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isFakeBoldText() == font.isFakeBoldText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isLinearText() == font.isLinearText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isSubpixelText() == font.isSubpixelText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isDevKernText() == font.isDevKernText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isLCDRenderText() == font.isLCDRenderText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isEmbeddedBitmapText() == font.isEmbeddedBitmapText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isAutohinted() == font.isAutohinted());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, paint.isVerticalText() == font.isVerticalText());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, (paint.getFlags() & SkPaint::kGenA8FromLCD_Flag) ==
                                      (font.getFlags() & SkPaint::kGenA8FromLCD_Flag));

            it.next();
        }

    }

private:
    struct RunDef {
        unsigned                     count;
        SkTextBlob::GlyphPositioning pos;
        SkScalar                     x, y;
    };

    static void RunBuilderTest(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, SkTextBlobBuilder& builder,
                               const RunDef in[], unsigned inCount,
                               const RunDef out[], unsigned outCount) {
        SkPaint font;
        font.setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);

        unsigned glyphCount = 0;
        unsigned posCount = 0;

        for (unsigned i = 0; i < inCount; ++i) {
            AddRun(font, in[i].count, in[i].pos, SkPoint::Make(in[i].x, in[i].y), builder);
            glyphCount += in[i].count;
            posCount += in[i].count * in[i].pos;
        }

        SkAutoTUnref<const SkTextBlob> blob(builder.build());

        SkTextBlobRunIterator it(blob);
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < outCount; ++i) {
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, !it.done());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, out[i].pos == it.positioning());
            REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, out[i].count == it.glyphCount());
            if (SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning == out[i].pos) {
                REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, out[i].x == it.offset().x());
                REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, out[i].y == it.offset().y());
            } else if (SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning == out[i].pos) {
                REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, out[i].y == it.offset().y());
            }

            for (unsigned k = 0; k < it.glyphCount(); ++k) {
                REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, k % 128 == it.glyphs()[k]);
                if (SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning == it.positioning()) {
                    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, SkIntToScalar(k % 128) == it.pos()[k]);
                } else if (SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning == it.positioning()) {
                    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, SkIntToScalar(k % 128) == it.pos()[k * 2]);
                    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, -SkIntToScalar(k % 128) == it.pos()[k * 2 + 1]);
                }
            }

            it.next();
        }

        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, it.done());
    }

    static void AddRun(const SkPaint& font, int count, SkTextBlob::GlyphPositioning pos,
                       const SkPoint& offset, SkTextBlobBuilder& builder,
                       const SkRect* bounds = nullptr) {
        switch (pos) {
        case SkTextBlob::kDefault_Positioning: {
            const SkTextBlobBuilder::RunBuffer& rb = builder.allocRun(font, count, offset.x(),
                                                                      offset.y(), bounds);
            for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
                rb.glyphs[i] = i;
            }
        } break;
        case SkTextBlob::kHorizontal_Positioning: {
            const SkTextBlobBuilder::RunBuffer& rb = builder.allocRunPosH(font, count, offset.y(),
                                                                          bounds);
            for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
                rb.glyphs[i] = i;
                rb.pos[i] = SkIntToScalar(i);
            }
        } break;
        case SkTextBlob::kFull_Positioning: {
            const SkTextBlobBuilder::RunBuffer& rb = builder.allocRunPos(font, count, bounds);
            for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
                rb.glyphs[i] = i;
                rb.pos[i * 2] = SkIntToScalar(i);
                rb.pos[i * 2 + 1] = -SkIntToScalar(i);
            }
        } break;
        default:
            SkFAIL("unhandled positioning value");
        }
    }
};

DEF_TEST(TextBlob_builder, reporter) {
    TextBlobTester::TestBuilder(reporter);
    TextBlobTester::TestBounds(reporter);
}

DEF_TEST(TextBlob_paint, reporter) {
    TextBlobTester::TestPaintProps(reporter);
}


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Recruiting: This weekend a big one for Michigan State visitors
By Matt Dorsey
Special to Detroit Free Press
This weekend, over 50 recruits from the classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019 will be in East Lansing for the Michigan State-Wisconsin game. Many of the players that will be on campus attended camp this summer and are solidly on the MSU recruiting board.
The Spartans were initially looking to host several class of 2017 prospects on official recruiting trips this weekend, but opted to push visits back with home games against Michigan and Ohio State still on tap.
MSU coach Mark Dantonio and his staff prefer to use official visits during game day weekends for uncommitted prospects from outside of the Midwest. It is always risky having recruits from Florida and Georgia traveling to Michigan during January.
►Related: Dantonio modeled MSU success after Iowa, Wisconsin
A player that is expected to be on campus that is traveling from down south is Carrollton (Ga.) defensive tackle Josh Walker. The 6-foot-2, 285-pound prospect was visited by the MSU staff during the bye week. Walker will be one of the top defensive line prospect out of Georgia for 2018.
The players that have already committed to MSU usually take their official visit all together so they can build more rapport. The staff prefers that weekend to be after the season so they can spend more time with the players and their respective families. Many of the committed player will be on campus in an unofficial capacity.
A player of note that plans on being on campus is Pickerington (Ohio) Central tight end Trenton Gillison. The 6-5, 220-pound Gillison is the top rated prospect in Ohio at his position and is a Rivals.com top 100 recruit. He already holds offers from MSU and Wisconsin. Ohio State has not offered him a scholarship.
Gillison is teammates with the Spartans' first 2018 commitment, defensive back Xavier Henderson. The fellow Rivals.com four-star will certainly look to have his teammate join him in Green and White.
Another player expected in East Lansing is Rockford quarterback Jason Whittaker. He is the No. 5 prospect in the state for 2018 by Rivals.com. The 6-5, 195-pounder will challenge with Dearborn Divine Child's Theo Day to see who is the top pro-style quarterback in Michigan. Both Whittaker and Day distinguished themselves at the Spartan's Elite Player Camp in June.
Under the lead of MSU director of advancement & performance Curtis Blackwell and recruiting coordinator Butler Benton, the MSU staff does an outstanding job of identifying prospects early and getting them on campus for a variety of functions.
Solid to Michigan State
This past weekend it was reported that MSU quarterback commit Rocky Lombardi (West Des Moines Valley) was in Iowa City to see the Hawkeyes take on North Dakota State. Lombardi took the visit with fellow teammates and he is solid in his commitment to the Spartans.
Matt Dorsey is a recruiting analyst for SpartanMag.com and Rivals.com.

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Universal Studios Hollywood is set to let those pesky little yellow minions call the park home when Universal Hollywood's Despicable Me expansion opens next Spring.
On Tuesday 11th June, Universal Studios Hollywood announced that the theme park will be home to the newest version of "Despicable Me Minion Mayhem" attraction during a press conference at International Pow Wow,the largest US Travel trade event in Las Vegas.
Information on the of the Spring 2014 grand opening also revealed that the iconic theme park will unveil a "Super Silly Fun Land," based on the park depicted in Despicable Me, adjacent to the attraction.
The attraction is set to open in the former Terminator 2: 3D building after the attractions closure at the start of the year. Earlier in the year the year several dozen firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze reported at the closed Terminator 2: 3D ride at the park.
An image posted on Theme Park Site Behind The Thrills (below) shows the possible spacing and locations for the new ride and attractions for the new development.


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Rowing NZ Announce Junior Trailists
PHOTO CREDIT: STEVE MCARTHUR/ROWING NZ
This is a great opportunity for NZ's top young rowers!
Briana Perry, St Peter's School, Cambridge
Brooke Kilmister, St Peter's School, Cambridge
Grace Watson, St Paul's Collegiate School
Holly Mills, Waikato Diocesan School for Girls
Isabella Carter, Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Jamie Harris, Wanganui Collegiate School
Kate Littlejohn, St Paul's Collegiate School
Kathryn Glen, Villa Maria College
Kayla Baker, Nelson Rowing Club
Mahalia Shand, Nelson College for Girls
Megan Bol, Baradene College
Mollie Gibson, Ashburton Rowing Club
Niamh McHugh, West End Rowing Club/Auckland RPC
Olivia Clark, Onslow College
Phoebe Trolove, Craighead Diocesan School
Poppy Newall, Petone Rowing Club
Rebecca Leigh, St Peter's School, Cambridge
Sophia Meldrum, Baradene College
Sophie Egnot-Johnson, Westlake Girls' High School
Stella Clayton-Greene, Hauraki Plains/Waikato RPC
Veronica Wall, Ashburton Rowing Club
Alex Todhunter, Christ's College
Angus Shotter, Westlake Boys' High School
Blake Bradshaw, Westlake Boys' High School
Campbell Crouch, Hamilton Boys' High school
Elliott Jenkins, Hamilton Boys' High School
Fergus Ritchie, Lindisfarne College
Flynn Watson, Hamilton Boys' High School
Harry Church, Saint Kentigern College
Jack Chapman, Christchurch Boys' High School
Jack Gibbs, Roncalli College
James Hall, Auckland Rowing Club/Auckland RPC
Jamie Batchelor, Christ's College
Jonte Wright , Wanganui Collegiate School
Manawa Mclaughlin, Clifton Rowing Club/Central RPC
Matthew White, Christchurch Boys' High School
Max Goodwin, Christ's College
Ryan Campbell, Hamilton Boys' High School
Sam Cummins, King's College
Thomas Woelders, Christchurch Boys' High School
Will Gilbert, Christchurch Boys' High School
Will Thompson, Hamilton Boys' High School
Zackary Rumble, Canterbury Rowing Club/Southern RPC
Max Goodwin - big decisions
Max Goodwin is accustomed to making big decisions, but in the past week Goodwin has been forced to make two of the biggest of his life.
Goodwin is the head prefect at Christ's College. On Saturday, Goodwin was a central figure in his schools' Aon Maadi Cup triumph, a success which has enhanced his considerable reputation in rowing and earned him a chance to train permanently in the New Zealand high-performance programme in Cambridge.
"I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I have to settle it this week. I've got extra responsibilities as head boy of Christ's and I love Christchurch, but moving up north to train is a big opportunity," Goodwin reveals.
Three days earlier Goodwin was one of only two returning members from Christ's College's eight in the 2017 Maadi Cup regatta. Goodwin was positioned in the sixth seat or 'the powerhouse' section of the boat. Goodwin's role is to literally row as hard as possible as he is the heart of the boat's engine. Christ's needed a big heart to topple North Island champions, Hamilton Boys' High School. Goodwin provides an insight into Christ's tactics.
"We knew Hamilton would come out hard, they are big, strong boys and that had been their approach all week. We knew if we could hold them to a lead of less than a boat length early on we could take them at the end," Goodwin explains.
At what point did Christ's choose to accelerate?
"Hamilton Boys' led from the 500m mark, but we weren't far behind and starting pulling away at the 750m mark. We just rowed quicker as the race went on and it was pretty special to win," Goodwin answers.
Christchurch Boys' High School finished third, but had beaten Christ's in the South Island Championships. What did Christ's learn from that defeat?
"We learned we can be behind and still win. The key is to know your strengths and ours was endurance. The whole crew was outstanding; rowing is one of those sports where you can't hide," Goodwin concludes.
The winning Christ's College Maadi Cup crew was: Alex Todhunter (stroke), Max Goodwin, Sam Darry, Jack Elvy, Zac Cran, Will Chaffey, Jamie Batchelor, Sean Swanson + Guy Flynn (cox)
Trifecta of girls U18 wins for St Peter's School at Aon Maadi Cup
The St Peter's School U18 coxed eight, after their maiden title. PHOTO CREDIT: Conrad Blind from Pictureshow.co.nz
It was a super Saturday on Lake Ruataniwha for St Peter's School rowers.
The Waikato school was flushed with success on Saturday evening, after their best ever performance at the Aon Maadi Cup, winning eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals.
After a week of weather disruptions and stiff competition from other schools from throughout the country, it was a stellar last day for St Peter's who won the Star Trophy for the champion school of the regatta for the third time. St Peter's finished with 52 points, ahead of Hamilton Boys' High School on 39 and Christchurch Boys' High School on 31.
Leading the way were the U18 girl's rowers, who won the A finals of the pair (Garry Robertson Cup), coxed four (Dawn Cup) and the coxed eight (Levin 75th Jubilee Cup) - winning the eights for the first time in the school's history.
Girl's rowing captain and two-seat in the U18 eight, Amy Butler, said was a day to savour for the crews.
"It was pretty special winning in front of so many people and having all our St Peter's teammates cheering us, and being on the podium they were very loud," she enthused.
The pair final was in the morning, the coxed four was at midday and the coxed eight was the penultimate event of the regatta later in the day - immediately before the boys coxed eight final for the Maadi Cup itself, which was won by Christ's College.
The Levin 75th Jubilee Cup final itself was no contest. St Peter's established a comfortable lead from the 1000m mark and maintained their advantage to win in 6:55.10, ahead of Rangi Ruru Girls' School in second, Waikato Diocesan School in third and Epsom Girls' Grammar School in fourth.
"We knew that before going into the final we knew we could do it, but there is always that uncertainty in the U18 race because it is always so close. But our aim was to get out fast from the start and to hold the lead. We gained a boat-length lead and held it to the finish so it worked.
"Waikato Dio were always going to be strong, they beat us at the start of the season, although we had beaten them in the North Island final two weeks before," added Amy.
The crew that won the Levin 75th Jubilee Cup was: Amy Butler, Brie Perry, Brooke Kilmister, Morgan Blind, Anna Cairns, Beckie Leigh, Katie Bell, Kaylin Wren and coxswain Lauren Gibb.
Two rowers, Brie Perry and Brooke Kilmister, were part of all three crews that won the U18 titles on Saturday, while Morgan Blind, Katie Bell joined them in the four that won the Dawn Cup. Amy Butler and Beckie Leigh also won the U17s coxed quad on Saturday.
The St Peter's girls also won Silver's in the U18 novice coxed eight and U18 novice coxed quad.
Jason Nel and Patrick Griffin. PHOTO CREDIT: Conrad Blind from Pictureshow.co.nz
Not to be outdone, the St Peter's boys produced one of the highlights of the day by roaring to a commanding win in the U17 Boys coxed quad.
Jason Nel and Rebecca Leigh both had very hard fought races in the U17 Boys and Girls single skulls races, with the margins for the medals being decided by only centimetres, with Jason picking up silver and Beckie picking up bronze.
The Novices carried on from their successful North Islands with both the boys (Alister Jenkins and Carter Grey) and girls (Holly Williams and Madi Fuller) both winning gold in the U18 novice double sculls, with the boys teammates Fletcher Pearson-Riley and Harrison Lynch winning silver in the double as well and then combining the two doubles to win gold in the U18 novice coxed quad.
Rowing Captain Amy said the nucleus of the winning U18 Levin Jubilee Cup and Dawn Cups has been together for four seasons.
"Most of us have been racing together since U15s and we won the U17s girls eight last year. So it had been a long-term goal for us to win the U18s eights," she said.
"We have all stuck at it and it is a great way to finish our school rowing careers in our last season together."
Three of the rowers, Brie, Brooke and Beckie, have been selected to trial for the national junior rowing team, while Amy has got a north-south trial coming up.
The future of St Peter's rowing is in good shape – an unexpected results was from the St Peter's U15 Girls coxed eight, who under the leadership of senior coxswain Charlotte Siermans, stormed through the field to take an incredible silver medal with only two seconds separating the top three crews.
Then six of the girls jumped straight in the U15 coxless eight and raced home to pick up silver behind a very strong Dunstan High School crew.
In the final regatta presentations one of St Peter's long standing coaches, Norm Charlton, was recognised as the best coach of junior crews winning the Bill Eaddy Cup.
St Peter's also won the Presidents Scull for the Top Sculling School for the 8th time in the past nine years with 31 points to Ashburton's 21 points back in second.
St Peter's School Aon Maadi Cup medals:
U18 Girls 8+ (Brie Perry, Brooke Kilmister, Morgan Blind, Anna Cairns, Beckie Leigh, Katie Bell, Amy Butler, Kaylin Wren and coxswain Lauren Gibb)
U18 Girls 4+ (Brie Perry, Brooke Kilmister, Morgan Blind, Katie Bell and coxswain Charlotte Siermans)
U18 Girls 2- (Brie Perry, Brooke Kilmister)
U17 Boys 4X+ (Patrick Griffin, Jason Nel, Calum Henderson, Ed Clarkson and coxswains Brooke Houston)
U17 Girls 4X+ (Clare Milne, Beckie Leigh, Amelia Barrell, Amy Butler and coxswain Brooke Houston
U18 Nov Boys 2X (Alister Jenkins and Carter Grey)
U18 Nov Girls 2X (Holly Williams and Madi Fuller)
U18 Nov Boys 4X+ (Harry Lynch, Fletcher Pearson- Riley, Carter Grey, Alister Jenkins with coxswain Ruby Hosking)
U18 Nov Girls 8+ (Samara Mockford, Fran Pollock, Aaliyah Brown, Holly Williams, Millie Baker, Caitlin Huxtable, Kari Loveridge, Madi Fuller and coxswain Ruby Hosking)
U18 Nov Boys 2X (Fletcher Pearson-Riley, Harrison Lynch)
U18 Nov Girls 4X+ (Aaliyah Brown, Holly Williams, Madi Fuller, Kari Loveridge and coxswain Alyssa Sherry-Middlemiss)
U17 Boys 1X (Jason Nel)
U15 Girls 8+ (Samara Mockford, Fran Pollock, Atlanta Bruce, Tobi Oldham, Millie Baker, Caitlin Huxtable, Emma Butcher, Molly Bayly and coxswain Charlotte Siermans)
U15 Girls 8X+ (Emma Butcher, Emma Stead, Holly Williams, Fran Pollock, Samara Mockford, Molly Bayly, Millie Baker, Caitlin Huxtable coxswain Annabelle McGuire)
U17 Girls 1X (Beckie Leigh)
U15 Girls 2X (Atlanta Bruce, Emma Stead)
Christ's College and St Peter's win big at Maadi
Photo Credit - Christ's College Facebook
Finals on the last day of the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup saw a perfect combination of clear skies and fierce racing.
Run by the NZSSRA and Rowing NZ, the Aon Maadi Cup is the national championships for school rowing and being New Zealand's largest rowing regatta, it's the most prestigious event on the school rowing calendar.
The boy's under 17 single sculls made for a great first event of the day, with a strong battle between Jason Nel of St Peter's School (Cambridge), Jack McLaughlan of John McGlashan College and Cambridge High School's Seth Hope. Nel maintained a consistent lead for the majority of the course with McLaughlan and Hope making last minute advances. McLaughlan only captured the lead just shy of the finishing line, finishing just over two tenths of a second ahead of Nel in 7:57.66. McLaughlan also took home gold in the boy's under 17 double sculls with crewmate Nic Chamberlain.
The girl's under 17 single sculls was another tight race with only three seconds between medallists. Mollie Gibson of Ashburton College made a comeback after placing second in her semi-final, taking gold after making an impressive time of 8:23.38. In addition to their gold medals, Aon's new Aon Maadi Cup Legacy initiative will also see Nel and Gibon's school take home a new skiff from Aon & Laszlo Boats, and a set of new sculls from Concept 2. Russell Bailey of Aon commented, "We wanted to recognise rowing excellence in the under 17 single sculls category and we're delighted to award John McGlashan College and Ashburton College with new equipment for their rowing programmes. Jack and Mollie each made impressive performances to take away gold today, and we are proud to be a part of their event."
Taking home the Dawn Cup was St Peter's School (Cambridge), securing an easy first place in the girl's under 18 coxed four and finishing 9 seconds ahead of second place Rangi Ruru Girls' School. The Dawn Cup was donated by Noel Lynch at a Maadi regatta held on the Wairoa River in 1980, and the cup's name is a tribute to its first race where due to darkness, finals were scheduled for a Sunday morning at 6.30am. Originally won by Queen Charlotte College, Rangi Ruru Girls' School have gone on to win the cup 15 times.
Winning back to back medals was Waikato Diocesan School taking gold in the girl's under 17 coxed eight, with four of the eight's sweepers also taking gold shortly after in the girl's under 16 coxed four, missing their first medal presentation. Coxswain of the eight Emma Barker also takes home the Simon Briggs Cup for coxswain of the regatta, coxing the most crews into A finals.
Representing the south was Roncalli College's Jack Gibbs, a crowd favourite today winning the boy's under 18 single sculls in an impressive fashion and three seconds ahead of second place Fergus Ritchie of Lindisfarne College. Jonte Wright of Wanganui Collegiate School took bronze, fine form for a novice season.
In perhaps one of the most anticipated races, eight crews battled it out for the Levin Jubilee Cup, awarded to the fasted under 18 girl's eight. In a comfortable lead from the 1000m mark, St Peter's School (Cambridge) took an easy first place in 6:55.10, with Rangi Ruru Girls' School and Waikato Diocesan School placing second and third respectively. Winning the Levin Jubilee Cup also meant St Peter's School left their mark on the scoreboard with an impressive trifecta in the under 18 girl's events, winning gold in the coxed four, the coxless pair and the coxed eight. Not to be forgotten was their novice double sculls, also taking home gold.
Hamilton Boys' High School made their trip south worthwhile, taking home no less than four medals in today's finals. Their haul included gold in the boy's under 16 coxed quad sculls, boy's under 18 novice eight, boy's under 15 coxed eight, and boy's under 18 coxed four - just missing out on gold in the boy's under 18 eight. After Hamilton Boys' High School lead from the 500m mark, Christ's College pulled away at 1750m, crossing the line first and clocking a time of 6:01.90. The Maadi Cup hails from WWII, where two second NZEF members based at Maadi Camp in Egypt raced in regattas on the Nile against the Egyptians. The Kiwi Oarsmen beat the Cairo River Club in 1943 to win the Freyburg Cup, which was then gifted back to Cairo River Club. In return, Youssef Baghat also presented the Kiwi crew with a cup. At the end of that year the cup was offered to the New Zealand Rowing Association as a trophy for an annual boy's eight-oared race between secondary schools, and it was then that it was renamed the Maadi Cup.
2018 AON MAADI CUP - DAY FIVE RESULTS
Gentle winds on Lake Ruataniwha made for great racing at day five of the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup, with crews taking to the water to battle it out in semi-finals and C & D finals.It was a tight race in both semi-finals for the girl's under 17 double sculls. With only the first four crews in each race progressing, the fight for a lane in the A final tomorrow made for great viewing. Craighead Diocesan School, Glendowie College and Rotorua Lakes High School all move forward in the first semi final. There was a fierce race between Glendowie College number 2 and St Hilda's Collegiate for fourth place, with St Hilda's Collegiate missing out by nearly two tenths of a second. In the second semi-final, Mt Albert Grammar School, St Peter's School (Cambridge), Avonside Girls' High School and Maclean's College also moved forward to the A final tomorrow.
Semi-final one of the girl's under 16 coxed four saw both Waikato Diocesan School and Rangi Ruru Girl's School competing for a spot in the A final, each winning the North Island and South Island Secondary School Championships respectively. Waikato Diocesan School finished first in 7:32.94, with Rangi Ruru Girls' School finishing in 7:37.61. The second semi-final was won by South Island Secondary School Championship bronze medallists St Margaret's College, followed by Wellington Girls' College, Sacred Heart Girls' College and Epsom Girls' Grammar.
Jack McLaughlan of John McGlashan College took out his semi-final in the boy's under 17 single and went on to win his semi-final in the under 17 double when he teamed with Nic Chamberlain, beating Takapuna Grammar School by five seconds. The second semi-final was a much closer race with 0.63 seconds between Cambridge High School and St Peter's School (Cambridge) in second. With only the first four in each race progressing, there was another close race between Cambridge High School's second crew and Timaru Boys' High School, with TImaru Boys' High School making their way into the A final by 0.84 seconds.
Timaru Girls' High School took out a confident win in the second semi-final of the girl's under 16 double. Brian Mallinson and Molly Clayton opened a gap of more than two boat lengths over the rest of the field, finishing in an impressive nine seconds ahead of second place Craighead Diocesan School.
Racing concludes tomorrow with all A and B finals, including A finals for the boy's and girl's under 17 single sculls, with each winner's school taking home a new skiff from Aon & Laszlo Boats, and a set of new sculls from Concept 2.
Full event schedule, entries and live results will be available on rowit.nz
A live webcast of finals will be available tomorrow from 8am via the Aon Maadi Cup website maadi.co.nz
2018 AON MAADI CUP - DAY FOUR RESULTS
Severe headwinds delayed the majority of races today at day four of the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel.
The girl's under 17 coxed quad sculls were the first crews out on the water with the first quarter final starting at 6pm after winds finally subsided. After an even battle to the 1000m mark, St Peter's School (Cambridge) broke ahead and maintained their lead finishing in an impressive time of 7:44.03, 13 seconds ahead of second place Mt Aspiring College. With the first four crews progressing, Dunstan Arm College and Villa Maria College fought a tight battle for fourth place with Dunstan Arm College joining St Hilda's Collegiate in the semi-final, less than a second ahead of Villa Maria College. Ashburton College also maintained an impressive lead in their quarter final finishing six seconds ahead of second place Maclean's College. Nelson College for Girl's and Whanganui High School also move forward to the semi-final, both making a comfortable first place in their respective quarter-finals.
The boy's under 16 single sculls saw another striking performance from Evan Williams of Takapuna Grammar School, securing his spot in the semi-final and winning his quarter final by six seconds. St John's College (Hamilton) also moves forward to the semi-final, joined by Wanganui Collegiate School and Whakatane High School after each narrowly won their respective quarter finals.
In the girl's under 16 double sculls, Southland Girls' High School's Anna Rikiti and Shakira Mirfin showed incredible strength in tough conditions, crossing the line ten seconds ahead of second place Craighead Diocesan School. In similar style, Westlake Girls' High School's Devon Thorpe and Sylvia Leadley crossed the line eight seconds ahead of second place St Hilda's Collegiate. Timaru Girls' High School, Dunstan High School and Southland Girls' High School also move forward to the semi-final.
Racing begins tomorrow from 8am with a full schedule of semi-finals and C & D finals, with all A & B finals scheduled for Saturday.
2018 AON MAADI CUP - DAY THREE RESULTS
Settled wind and light rain set the scene at the third day of racing at the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup. Repechages made for sensational watching as crews competed at their last opportunity to make it through to qualifying races, with many events only progressing first place.
The boy's under 18 four proved to be a cut throat race with St Bede's College and Hamilton Boys' High School winning their respective repechages and securing the last two spots in the A final. Hamilton Boys' High School fought their way to the finish with Tauranga Boys' College only two seconds behind.
The girl's under 16 single sculls saw another fierce battle with only the first of each repechage making it through to the quarter final. Maddie Marshall of Nayland College clocked an impressive time of 9:06.37, well ahead of second place. Aquinas College and Macleans College also move forward to the quarter final.
The boy's under 15 double sculls saw a strong performance from Lindisfarne College's Henry Windhager and Jasper Wallace, cementing their spot in the semi-final by finishing their race well ahead of all other repechage winners' times. New Plymouth Boys' High School and St Bedes College also move forward to the semi-final tomorrow.
Fourteen crews across two repechages contested the last six lanes in the A final for the girl's under 16 coxed eight. An even split between north and south saw Christchurch Girls' High School, St Margaret's College, Columba College, Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland), Westlake Girls' High School and Wellington Girls' College move into Saturday's final, with all other crews eliminated.
The boy's under 18 pair which is one of the pennant events saw a great display of sweep oar racing with Auckland Grammar School clocking 7:32.75 in their repechage to progress to the semi-final. Joining them is Whanganui High School and John McGlashan College who also won their respective repechages. n the girl's under 18 pair the progression took the top three crews straight into the A final which will be raced on Friday. Taking those spots in the first repechage was Onslow College, Craighead Diocesan School and Villa Maria College, with Baradene College, St Margaret's College and Marian College progressing from the second repechage.
Repechages for the girl's under 17 double sculls made for excellent watching with Bayfield High School, who are attending their first Aon Maadi Cup, securing a spot in the quarter final with Marlborough Girls' College missing out by only a second. Joining Bayfield High School are Queen Margaret's College who fought off persistent advances by Onewhero Area School to also win their repechage by one second. Dunstan High School moves forward to the quarter final comfortably winning the event's last repechage.
Rangi Ruru Girls' School, St Paul's College and Craighead Diocesan School all lead the way to win their respective repechages and progress through to the semi-finals of the girl's under 17 coxed four.
Racing continues tomorrow with the end of quarter finals, and semi-finals.
A live webcast of finals will be available from tomorrow (Thursday) onward via the Aon Maadi Cup website maadi.co.nz
2018 AON MAADI CUP - DAY TWO RESULTS
PHOTO CREDIT: STEVE MCARTHUR/ROWING NZ St Peter's School Cambridge Girl's U18 eight: Briana Perry (stroke), Brooke Kilmister, Morgan Blind, Anna Cairns, Rebecca Leigh, Katie Bell, Amy Butler, Kaylin Wren + Lauren Gibb (cox)
Moderate head winds delayed afternoon racing at the second day of the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup, but the first part of the day allowed for heats to be completed.
Takapuna Grammar School's Evan Williams made a standout performance winning his heat in the boy's under 16 single sculls in 7:38.23, 10 seconds quicker than any other heat winner. Williams also won his heat in the boy's under 16 double sculls and placed second in the boy's under 17 double sculls.
A new event this year saw the under 18 novices take to the water in quadruple sculls. Listed on the programme as exhibition events, the first heat of the girl's event saw Dunstan High School, John Paul College, Roncalli College and St Peter's School (Cambridge) all take first place and progress to the semi-final. St Peter's School (Cambridge) and St Peter's College (Auckland) took the win in the boy's heats and will progress straight to the final held on Saturday.
Clocking the fastest time in the girl's under 16 coxed four was Waikato Diocesan School in the first heat. Epsom Girls' Grammar School also won their heat, joined by southern schools Rangi Ruru Girls' School and St Margaret's College, also taking first place in their respective heats.
The boy's under 18 double sculls took to the water across five heats with recent winners at the Aon North Island Secondary School Championships William Thompson and Luke Taylor of Hamilton Boys' High School securing the fastest time in 6:54.15. Thompson and Taylor were also part of the Hamilton Boys' High School under 18 eight who won their heat.
St Peter's School (Cambridge) performed well in the girl's under 18 eight winning their heat and moving forward to the A final on Saturday. Waikato Diocesan School also move through to the A final after winning their heat by 7 seconds, with all other crews moving to repechages. Saturday's A final will determine the winner of the famous Levin Jubilee Cup, historically dominated by schools from the Canterbury region despite its North Island origins. The 1981 regatta was held at Lake Horowhenua and Levin's then Mayor Jack Bolderson contributed an award to celebrate the Levin Borough Council's 75th Jubilee, which fell on the same year as Levin-hosted Maadi regatta. First won by Whanganui Girls' College, Rangi Ruru Girls' School have since won it 15 times.
Hamilton Boy's High School had another strong day winning their heat in the boy's under 18 eight, with their second crew taking third in the same heat. Christ's College showed strength in the second heat crossing the line 8 seconds before second place Westlake Boys' High School. With 14 entries this year, 12 other crews must now move into repechages. Saturday's final will determine the winner of the Maadi Cup. The Maadi Cup hails from WWII, where two second NZEF members based at Maadi Camp in Egypt raced in regattas on the Nile against the Egyptians. The Kiwi Oarsmen beat the Cairo River Club in 1943 to win the Freyburg Cup, which was then gifted back to Cairo River Club. In return, Youssef Baghat also presented the Kiwi crew with a cup. At the end of that year the cup was offered to the New Zealand Rowing Association as a trophy for an annual boy's eight-oared race between secondary schools, and it was then that it was renamed the Maadi Cup.
Racing continues tomorrow with repechages, quarter finals and petite finals.
A live webcast of finals will be available from Thursday onward via the Aon Maadi Cup website maadi.co.nz
2018 AON MAADI CUP - DAY ONE RESULTS
Photo Credit - Aon Maadi Cup Facebook
2283 athletes from 120 schools will take to the waters this week for the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup. Run by the NZSSRA and Rowing NZ, the Aon Maadi Cup is the national championships for school rowing and being New Zealand's largest rowing regatta, it's the most prestigious event on the school rowing calendar. Rowing NZ are proud to announce that the 2018 regatta is once again sponsored by Aon, long-time supporters of Kiwi sports men and women.
The regatta hosts alternate between the North and South Island, this year hosted by South Island Rowing at the Meridian Rowing Centre, Lake Ruataniwha. Yesterday the Twizel Township and Mayor Graham Smith welcomed schools to the region and regatta after an athlete parade ending in the town centre.
Today 136 races took place between 8am and 5pm after slight lift in temperature from the previous two training days, making for comfortable racing conditions.
14 crews competed for a spot in the final for the Dawn Cup, awarded to the winning crew in the girl's under 18 coxed four. St Peters School (Cambridge) and Wanganui Collegiate School both won their heat moving into the final on Friday, with all other crews facing a repechage. The Dawn Cup was donated by Noel Lynch at a Maadi regatta held on the Wairoa River in 1980, and the cup's name is a tribute to its first race where due to darkness, finals were scheduled for a Sunday morning at 6.30am. Originally won by Queen Charlotte College, Rangi Ruru Girls' School have gone on to win the cup 14 times.
Hamilton Boys' High School comfortably won their heat in the boy's under 18 coxed four, nine seconds ahead of second place Auckland Grammar School. Heat two was considerably closer with Westlake Boys' High School finishing three seconds ahead of second place Christ's College. Heat three saw Christchurch Boys' High School placing first and a second crew from Christ's College placing second. All first and second places in heats move forward to the A final on Friday with remaining crews moving to repechages. All crews in the A final will be completing for the Springbok Shield – a wooden shield made of South African wood and a replica of a South African award called, unsurprisingly, the Kiwi Shield – made from a variety of New Zealand wood. Hamilton Boy's High School have won the award a record 15 times, starting in the award's first ever regatta in 1965 where crews raced each other in Oriental Bay, Wellington.
The girl's under 17 single sculls is the largest event in the regatta, with 64 entries. Eva Hofman from Bayfield High School (Otago) won her heat with seven seconds to spare, a double feat considering this year's regatta is the first time Bayfield have entered the event. Eva will progress to the next round with Rebecca Leigh from St Peters School (Cambridge), recent Aon North Island Secondary School champion, who also won her heat. Shakira Mirfin from Southland Girls' High School, who at the recent South Island Secondary School Championships won the girl's under 16 single sculls, girl's under 16 double sculls and placed second in the girl's under 17 single sculls, won her heat by a clear 8 seconds. Winners from five other heats will move forward to the quarter final, with the A final on Friday afternoon. The winner from the A final will receive not only a gold medal but a new skiff from Aon and Laszlo Boats for their school, under a new initiative called the Aon Maadi Cup Legacy, as will the boy's under 17 single sculls.
The boy's under 16 coxed four heat winners was an all North Island affair, with Sacred Heart College (Auckland), Hamilton Boys' High School, Westlake Boys' High School and St Paul's Collegiate all taking a win in their respective heats. All will progress directly to the semi-final.
Dunstan High School lead the way into the girl's under 15 quadruple sculls event with the crew of Hanna Scarlet, MacKenzie Ealson, Paige Furrie, Hariet Scherp and coxswain Grace Furrie, clocking the fastest overall time from the heats. The school's second crew also won their heat, meaning both will progress to the quarter finals.
Winners of the two heats in the boy's under 15 coxed eight dominated the field, with Shirley Boys' High School winning their heat by 8 seconds and Hamilton Boys' High School winning their heat by 10 seconds. Both crews progress straight to the A final on Friday, making for a classic North vs. South showdown. A similar showdown will also be seen in the girl's under 16 coxed eight with Rangi Ruru Girls' School winning their heat by 8 seconds, with their North Island counterparts from Epsom Girls' Grammar School also winning their heat by 8 seconds, both progressing to contest the A final on Friday.
Westlake Boys' High School, Hamilton Boys' High School and Christchurch Boys' High School all have something in common – winning their hears in the boy's under 18 coxless pair with plenty of time to spare. St Kentigern also won their heat, with all four crews moving to the A final on Friday.
Racing continues tomorrow with heats and the beginning of the repechages round.
The logistics of the Maadi Cup regatta
The 2018 Aon Maadi Cup is the biggest secondary school sports event in New Zealand. Some of the numbers and logistics behind the event are huge. College Sport Media caught up with Sonya Walker from Rowing New Zealand and Hamilton Boys' High School to gain some insight into some of the challenges in preparing for and organising the event. The Aon Maadi Cup is held all next week on Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel.
1 - The Aon Maadi Cup is the largest secondary schools sports event in New Zealand and one of the largest regattas in the Southern Hemisphere.
5 - The number of official referees. The umpiring roster for the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup is: Chief Umpire: Peter Midgley, Chief Starter: Justin Wall, Chief Judge: Darryl Purton, Race Committee: Andrew Carr-Smith.
6 – The number of days the regatta runs for. It starts on Monday March 19 March and concludes on Saturday March 24. Sunday 25 March is a reserve day.
120 – The number of secondary schools from across New Zealand lining up at the regatta
2,283 – The total number of athletes at Aon Maadi Cup (entered rowers prior to the regatta).
52 – The number of events that will be on offer throughout the regatta
1436 – The total number of crews entered throughout the regatta
64 – The number of crews competing in the Girls U17 Single Scull – making that the event with the largest entries
4 – The number of age group categories - U15, U16, U17 and U18 – in a range of boat classes including singles, pairs, doubles, fours, quads, eights and octuples.
8 – The Boys' and Girls' U18 Eights will be competing for the prestigious Maadi Cup and Levin Jubilee Cup silverware. The number of Maadi Cup titles that Hamilton Boys' High School have won since 2005.
71 – The number of boys' Maadi Cup regattas there has been. The first was in 1947 and won by Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar School.
13 - The number of times a South Island school has won the Maadi Cup trophy. North Island schools have won 58, with Wanganui Collegiate winning 17 of these, but not since 2004.
Sonya Walker Rowing New Zealand
Sonya Walker is one of three staff at Rowing New Zealand assigned the task of organising the Maadi Cup. Rowing New Zealand also works closely with South Island rowing to ensure the event runs smoothly. Walker attended the Maadi Cup while a student at Wakatipu High School. She later became a coach before taking on a full time role in administration. Walker says her highlights working at the Maadi Cup have been the "greater spread of schools on the podium" which reflects, "the increasing strength of rowing in New Zealand."
Some Considerations
Boat Storage: The boats are stored at a huge outdoor boat park near Lake Ruataniwha. The boats are tricky to transport and store because they are 22-metres long. Most teams bring them to the venue with a trailer and those coming from the North Island ship them over on the ferry.
Accommodation and Transport: The schools look after their own accommodation, staying in hotels, hostels or home stays. Because Twizel is only a small place schools stay as far away as Mount Cook and Lake Tekapo and in some cases drive an hour one way to reach the venue daily.
Bad Weather: There is only a week to complete the entire regatta. Sunday is a spare day. If things get really bad races are shortened. It's the job of the licensed race officials to determine the suitability of the weather. Only once in Walker's time at Rowing New Zealand has Sunday been required to complete racing.
Health and Safety: There are a number of health and safety considerations. New Zealand rowing works with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Association and local council to ensure regulatory standards are met. Maritime New Zealand assess the safety of the water and ambulance staff are on site in the event of serious injury.
Spectator Needs: A considerable number of spectators attend the Maadi Cup. Though no official number is recorded finals day on Friday and Saturday attracts an estimated 10,000 people. It's the obligation of the host rowing club to supply food stalls and toilet facilities.
Volunteers: There are between 75 and 100 volunteers who help run the event. This includes everybody from food suppliers for officials, general inquiry assistants, individuals handing out numbers to racers and cleaners.
Hamilton Boys' High School
Hamilton Boys' High School have won the Maadi Cup eight times since 2005 making the Waikato college the most successful in the regatta over the last decade.
The logistics of transporting the Hamilton team to Twizel is massive as are their efforts to win medals.
Hamilton is taking 65 boys out of a programme of 95. It will cost about $1,800 per person, which includes transport (flights, buses and three minivans), meals, accommodation and regatta entry fees.
Students are expected to cover their own costs. However a benefactor (a rowing old boy's mother) usually helps about four boys per year with part of the cost). There is also a Headmaster's hardship fund that families can apply for. Boys are encouraged to find individual sponsorship to help with their rowing costs. Extensive fundraising also helps keep costs down.
Hamilton have three vehicles with trailers which left to Wellington on Tuesday. The boats are then loaded on to the ferry and hauled across the South Island. It costs anywhere between $200 and $400 to transport a vehicle on the Interislander ferry. Hamilton Boys' will also assist some of the moving of Hamilton Girls' boats.
Hamilton is staying at the High Country Lodge in the centre of Twizel, in dormitory accommodation.
Teachers at school supply the boys with homework. The boys have had to approach staff to ensure they will have work to do. The team manager helps monitor the boys' school work, though Hamilton also places onus on the senior boys to organise themselves.
Hamilton's training for the event has been intense. From September until the end of March, junior crews train about six hours per week, which includes on water and land training, plus fitness work in their own time. Seniors commit eight hours to training. Additionally three week- long camps in January, July and October and six weekends are spent at Mangakino.


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Updated 2dark To Have Drm Despite Crowdfunding Campaign Promise
[Updated] 2Dark to Have DRM Despite Crowdfunding Campaign Promise
By: Andrew Otton
Back in 2014 Gloomywood put their new game 2Dark on Ulule, an European crowdfunding site. 2Dark is a survival game that sees players attempting to save as many children as possible from the clutches of various serial killers. One of the promises of the campaign, and one backers are pretty passionate about, was the fact that 2Dark would not have any DRM. Now, however, that appears to not be the case.
Recently, 2Dark's Steam Store page was updated with this message on the sidebar: "Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo Antitamper." That got the attention of some backers who naturally started asking questions. We reached out to Gloomywood for some clarity on the issue.
Thierry Platon, co-founder of Gloomywood, told us that the DRM came from Bigben Interactive, their publisher. Originally they had not signed on to a publisher but ended up needing one to complete 2Dark. Bigben decided to use Denuvo at some point, which was then reflected on the Steam Store page. Thierry sees this as a bit of a trade-off and recognized in his email to us that some backers would be disappointed, but others may be excited as 2Dark will now be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One thanks to signing with Bigben.
We have reached out for further clarity on the situation from both Gloomywood and Bigben Interactive. In the FAQ section of the Ulule campaign, there is a question about DRM, asking which 2Dark will use and this was the answer:
2Dark will be distributed through Steam, but also on other platforms (GOG, Desura, etc.) which don't use DRM. Which means the version you get won't have DRM...
Desura no longer exists and Steam itself is a sort of DRM, but the answer does specifically mention GOG, which is completely DRM free. However, Thierry's answer to us in that same email mentioned before specifically stated the game would be releasing on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, and when we requested further clarification about whether there would be a GOG version, we got no response from either Thierry or Big Ben about the situation, leading us to believe it will not be coming to GOG. We have also asked Big Ben for some further information and will update this article if we hear more. We reached out to ask whether or not 2Dark will feature a DRM free version purchasable elsewhere, like GOG, and will update this article if hear back.
2Dark releases today in North America on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for $25.
3/15/17 Update: Big Ben has posted a statement on 2Dark's Steam discussions about the use of DRM. The statement talks of the benefits of using Denuvo and DRM in general, as well as stating that the scope of 2Dark's development has changed beyond what was originally planned, leading to changes. Of the response, this will likely stick out to most:
Gloomywood's crowd-funding campaign did not mention a DRM, but the campaign has evolved much more than originally anticipated.
At first glance that seems to mean that the 2Dark campaign did not mention DRM whatsoever, but the actual meaning seems to be that the campaign did not mention it would use a DRM. Again, that's how it appears, but the poor wording is causing some confusion. If they actually mean the former, then all one needs to do is look at the quoted section from earlier in this article. The FAQ of the Ulule campaign specifically mentioned versions of 2Dark that would be DRM free.
Also, Big Ben noted, in a separate discussion, that there was no Linux version of 2Dark "planned yet," which the Ulule campaign mentions should be coming. There has been no mention of a Mac version, also promised in the Ulule campaign. Considering 2Dark's website only shows Steam, PS4, and Xbox One, it seems a Mac version is in the same situation as Linux.
Big Ben has still not replied to our inquiries for further clarification.
3/17/17 Update: We have received a response from Big Ben. Their response is as follows:
Why use a DRM?
In our experience, this DRM system has proven useful against piracy. Many game studios make use of it in order to protect their creations. As the publisher of 2Dark, Bigben Interactive is also responsible for the protection of 2Dark and its intellectual propriety against piracy.
We know that protection can be cracked, and while that can usually be in the first days to the first weeks, those first days and weeks of sales are essential for publishers and developers, so we feel it is necessary to take the best steps we can to protect against piracy.
In regard to the GOG version, the answer is simple: as 2Dark is not DRM-free, we are not able to publish it on GOG.
Why no Mac & Linux versions?
Being a growing but still mid-sized publisher, our focus during the last years of activity has been focused on improving the quality and the audience of our titles.
We know that Linux and Mac players are an important community but, right now, we don't publish our titles on these platforms. We would be happy to reconsider this strategy when our portfolio of titles re-align with this audience and / or when the economic indicators of this audience turn green.
About the Ulule campaign, Gloomywood Ulule campaign took place quite a while before Bigben signed a publishing contact with the developers. Bigben didn't promise anything on their part. It is also worth noting that, while this crowdfunding campaign undoubtedly helped Gloomywood during the early stages of development, the game's creative ambition asked for a greater means. Bigben believes in the creative vision of 2Dark and wanted to bring the game to consoles and this is also because Bigben's strategy is to focus on those markets in order to meet with a broader audience.
We have reached out for further clarification about the status of a Linux or Mac version of 2Dark, clarification on their statement made on Steam, and other issues. If we receive a response, we will update this article again.
What do you think of this DRM situation? Was the trade-off worth it? Let us know in the comments below!
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Cedar Band of Paiutes Lauds Bipartisan Letter Urging HUD to Follow Longstanding Tribal Consultation Policy
Congressional Letter Calls on Agency to "Engage in Meaningful Tribal Consultation" Prior to Issuing Rules Affecting Tribal Nations
CEDAR CITY, Utah – The Cedar Band of Paiutes today applauded a letter (attached) sent to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson regarding Mortgagee Letter 2019-06. The letter, co-sponsored by Reps. Cindy Axne (D-IA) and Tom Cole (R-OK), underscored the serious bipartisan concern over HUD's April 18th ruling which, if implemented, would have caused a "significant detrimental impact on one or more tribal nations."
The letter also highlighted how the agency "must follow federal policy on consultation with tribal nations…which provides that federal agencies shall not make regulations, policy statements, or take actions that have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes and that impose substantial direct compliance costs."
Additional signers of the letter include: Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), and Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM).
"By undermining the rulemaking process which requires any federal agency to consult with tribal nations before drafting policies, HUD has set a dangerous precedent in disregarding its own 'Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation Policy' and Executive Order 13175, the 'Consultation with Indian Tribal Governments requirement'" said Michael Whipple, executive with the Cedar Band of Paiutes' housing agency. "We thank Congresswoman Axne and Congressman Cole, as well as each other Member of Congress who signed onto this letter, for their leadership on this issue and for defending the sovereignty of tribal nations."
To date, HUD has failed to fulfill its obligations to engage in tribal consultation in its attempts to either eliminate or severely limit down payment assistance programs provided by governmental entities, including down payment assistance programs offered by Native American tribes. Although HUD ultimately withdrew the Mortgagee Letter after litigation brought on by the Cedar Band of Paiutes, the agency recently announced plans for a proposed rulemaking that would have a similar devastating impact on tribal nations.
The Cedar Band of Paiutes wholly owns and operates Cedar Band Corporation, which wholly owns CBC Mortgage Agency (CBCMA), a provider of secondary financing to homebuyers receiving loans from the Federal Housing Authority. The Band heavily relies on the revenues generated from CBCMA and other Band enterprises to support its essential governmental programs.
"HUD's action issuing Mortgagee Letter 19-06 in every way tramples on the self-determination of the Cedar Band, and threatens the sovereignty of all tribal nations throughout the country," added Whipple. "We hope that HUD adheres to both Executive Order 13175 and its own policies when considering implementing future rules that affect the sovereignty of all Tribal nations."
About CBC Mortgage Agency
CBCMA provides secondary financing to borrowers, who are receiving loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). CBCMA takes great care to ensure that the FHA loans perform well, including providing education as well as 12 months of counseling to borrowers after the purchase of their home. In addition, CBCMA regularly reviews its credit standards to ensure that the borrowers it assists are credit worthy.
CBCMA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cedar Band Corporation, a federally chartered tribal corporation wholly owned by the Cedar Band of Paiutes, a federally recognized American Indian band. For more information about CBCMA and its programs, visit chenoafund.org.
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As the BC salmon farming industry applies to expand its operations in BC, a warning letter by eight of Canada's leading university academics on salmon's viral diseases and pathogens casts serious doubt on the wisdom of such an expansion.
Their letter, written to the BC government by professors from the Universities of Alberta, Toronto and Simon Fraser, is a "critique" of a March 16, 2015, paper, "Information Regarding Concerns about Farmed Salmon - Wild Salmon Interactions", submitted by the province's fish pathologist, Dr. Gary Marty, to Ministers Thompson and Letnik. The professors express "deep concern" that the risk to wild salmon from net-pen salmon farming is considerably greater than Dr. Marty's estimation of minimal, and that his paper provides unjustifiable assurances concerning the safety to wild salmon.
Dr. Marty is a chief provincial advisor on matters pertaining to salmon virus and pathologies, and is an important source of the information that the salmon farming industry uses to justify its practices. When the credibility of his recommendations is questioned by such an authoritative group of critics, public concern should be roused and governments should carefully review their regulation of the industry.
Their letter is a scathing response to Dr. Marty but also, by implication, to the pro-farming position of both provincial and federal governments, to their agencies, and to the misleading assurances assiduously advanced by the industry.
To his credit, Dr. Marty has a long history of credible research and valuable contributions to the health of wild and farmed salmon. The cause of his alleged oversights, errors and faulty conclusions in this particular paper is mysterious. An obvious explanation is that policy is leading science, rather than vice versa. If such is the case, then salmon farming is putting at risk the wild salmon crucial to the West Coast marine ecology.


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As Hurricane Bill continues to move in the Atlantic, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has held a series of conference calls with the National Weather Service and local communities on Cape Cod and the islands.
Forecasters said Hurricane Bill might have some impact on the Eastern seaboard this weekend including high seas, strong winds and rain.
"Certainly an impact along the coast with very high winds very high waves certainly a storm surge can be an issue so its something that continues to concern us," said MEMA spokesman Peter Judge.
State emergency and national weather officials are planning to hold more conference calls with local communities over the next few days.
"We are working with communities to make sure they have their ducks in a row. Everyone is assessing what their needs are from the state level as well to see what we have to do to assist those communities if in fact this event exceeds their capabilities," he said.
This program aired on August 20, 2009. The audio for this program is not available.


Every day there are ethical decisions that impact the hundreds or thousands of people who watch, read, listen, and/or click on a media source. The foundation for making the right decision starts with ethics classes in college. Students in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism will use this blog to reflect on ethical questions in the media today.
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Home News Featured News PM Lee: 'New towns, industries are being built, now what Singapore needs...
PM Lee: 'New towns, industries are being built, now what Singapore needs are new people'
Each year, about 35,000 Singaporeans are born and 35,000 foreigners become new permanent residents - 20,000 of these permanent residents become citizens.
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Speaking at a recent NUS dialogue, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said: "We have so many plans for Singapore, in terms of new industries, new businesses, new schools, new opportunities, new towns to live in, new parks — a new society to be built for the next generation. And what we need are new people — our children."
The head of government was essentially saying that while there are plans to prepare Singapore for the next generation, the country needs birth rates to rise to boost the population.
PM Lee said that the population may start to decline if birth rates do not improve within the next five years. Mr Lee said that there are a number of issues impeding a rise in the birth rate in Singapore.
One issue is that a third of young Singaporeans do not marry quickly and wait until after they are in their mid-30s while another issue is that better educated mothers in Singapore wish to have careers. PM Lee added:
"And if they are working, they have to assess the impact on their careers and whether they can manage their children while at work at the same time. Many mothers do, but some feel that this — I can well understand — is not easy to achieve."
PM Lee said that the Government is trying to ease this problem through flexible work arrangements and providing access to childcare, quality schools, affordable housing and employment opportunities.
Each year, about 35,000 Singaporeans are born and 35,000 foreigners become new permanent residents – 20,000 of these permanent residents become citizens.
Interestingly, the recently-released Population in Brief 2019 report not only showed that Singapore's population has grown to 5.7 million but also showed that the number of new citizens and new permanent residents have been increasing since the historic 2011 General Election (GE) after a dip prior to the election.
The 2011 GE is considered a watershed election in Singapore since the People's Action Party (PAP) suffered its worst result in that election since Singapore achieved independence in 1965.
The 2011 GE had the highest proportion of contested seats since independence, ensuring that the PAP did not automatically return to power via walkover on nomination day, and even saw the dominant ruling party lose a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) for the first time in Singapore's history.
The PAP managed to gain 60.14 per cent of the vote in that election and saw a 6.46% swing to the opposition.
Official statistics released by the Population in Brief 2019 report show that in 2010 – the year just before the 2011 GE – the total number of Singapore citizenships and Singapore permanent residencies that were granted dipped to 18,758 and 29,265 respectively.
In 2011, the total number of Singapore citizenships and Singapore permanent residencies that were granted dipped further to 15,777 and 27,521 respectively.
From 2011 onwards, however, the number of new Singapore citizens and new permanent residents has risen. The number of Singapore citizenships that were granted in 2012 – the year right after the 2011 GE – was 20,693. This number exceeds the number of citizenships that were granted in each year since 2008.
The number of new citizens dipped slightly in 2013 and 2014 – two years before the 2015 GE – to 20,572 and 20,348 respectively before going back up to 20,815 in 2015. The number of citizenships granted in 2016, 2017 and 2018 have been above 22,000 per year.
The number of permanent residencies that were granted went from 27,521 in 2011 to 29,891 in 2012. This number also dipped slightly in 2013 and 2014 – the two years preceding the 2015 GE – and came in at 29,869 and 29,854 respectively before going up to 29,955 in 2016.
The number of new permanent residencies granted in 2017 and 2018 have been above 31,000 per year. Read the Population in Brief 2019 report in full HERE. /TISG
Screencapture from Population in Brief 2019 report
New citizens and new permanent residents on the rise since watershed 2011 GE


They are considered standards in the world of wind ensembles, works with a flair for the dramatic.
When the Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Art, Music & Theatre Wind Ensemble makes its season debut Sept. 24, it will perform these classics: W. Francis McBeth's "Drammatico," John Barnes Chance's "Variations on a Korean Folk Song," Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold's "Little Suite" prelude "Siciliano" and "Rondo," and Johan de Meij's "La Quintessenza."
The program was crafted by AASU assistant professor of music and wind ensemble director Mark B. Johnson.
"W. Francis McBeth wrote 'Drammatico' in about 1969," Johnson says. "He lived most of his life in Arkansas.
"Part of the reason I'm playing it is he just passed away recently. All of us in the business are playing an homage to him. He was instrumental in writing music for us to play.
"This is more or less a concert of what we call standards in our business," Johnson says.
"These pieces of music are well-known and played for competitions and evaluations, mostly at the high school and college level."
The concert falls early this season, Johnson says.
"I had to figure out a program that was approachable in 10 rehearsals with a group just learning to play together," he says.
"Bayou Breakdown" by Brant Karrick might also make the playlist, although Johnson may decide not to include it.
"It's pretty difficult," he says. "I don't know if we'll have time to prepare for it. We'll definitely play it at our November concert."
The season is new, the school year is new and many of the ensemble members are freshmen and sophomores.
"It's almost like dealing with a living thing, except this living thing has 50 brains and 50 little musical souls," Johnson says.
"I think one of the most appealing things about this particular concert is that the musicians are young and excited to play. There's a lot of life in something like this.
"None of the pieces are extra long and the concert will be maybe an hour," he says. "I will be talking about each piece before it is played to fill in people about what they're going to hear."
Though young, the musicians are eager to play.
"They all bring something to the table, and what we accomplish together is the magic of putting this concert together," Johnson says. "This music has a lot of variety, so if you don't like the first one, maybe you'll like the second.
"It's like a rollercoaster sometimes," he says. "That's why I do it. We have all kinds of repertoire to choose from, so it's hard to get bored."


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I'm huge fan of Andre Beaufre's books. I think that his "Indirect strategy" approach explains very well the activities of different conflict sides also at present era. His main works are published also in English. Does anyone know if his "La Guerre Revolutionnaire" (Paris : Fayard, 1972) is translated by some small study group for so called "not for public release" format?


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First phase of new hospital to be handed over in two weeks
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 at 1:58 PM
PM Skerrit during his visit to the new hospital
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that the first phase of the new National Hospital will be handed over at the end of this month.
He made the announcement to the media after a visit with members of Cabinet and the media to project site of hospital.
"First of all I want to say how pleased I am for the great efforts which the contracting firm has put into the construction of the hospital and more specifically the first phase of the hospital recognizing the tremendous challenges which they experienced and all of us experienced after the passage of Hurricane Maria," Skerrit said.
The prime minister described the work that has been done so far as exceptional in terms of efficiency and also the quality of work.
He thanked the Government of the People's Republic of China for their great friendship and commitment to Dominica.
"We believe it's a wonderful way to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of our diplomatic relations by the handing over of the first phase of the China-Dominica Friendship Hospital," Skerrit stated.
He went on to say that the hospital will impact every single family and individual in Dominica, "as health transcends all walks of life and all ages."
He said it is "a long awaited" major investment.
"Clearly, the existing PMH has outlived its usefulness and with this new hospital,…we have no doubt there will be an improvement in the delivery of healthcare services to Dominica," adding that that there will also be an increase in the services which are being offered to citizens and very likely to neighbouring islands.
"So we will very well see ourselves in a situation where we move from our citizens going out to seek medical intervention," Skerrit stated.
He indicated that his government has purchased additional and new equipment for the new hospital.
"I have been advised [that] as a requirement, there will be a period where the handing over and the use of it which will be about 40 days to ensure that everything is in place and sanitization of the facility, because after all it is a hospital and it has to be properly sanitized," he noted.
Meanwhile, China's Ambassador to Dominica, His Excellency Lu Kun said on completion, the China-Dominica Friendship hospital will be beneficial to generations of the Dominican people.
He said the 9 building building hospital and other projects is a token of China's friendship to the people of Dominica.
PM Skerrit says selection of new hospital CEO will be transparent
First phase of new national hospital to be completed in May; hospital to be renamed
PM says work moving 'very fast' on new national hospital
Government signs over $18 million agreement with China
No Chinese demands on Dominica says PM Skerrit
It hurts to go to the casualty dept and u alone and u have to wait for over half an hour before someone come to your rescue only give a thumbs up if u have experience what I'm talking about so the hospital is one but the love for humanity is the other
gabriel st jean
Let us watch and see, when Skerro and his ministers fall sick no more overseas medical attention cause you have the best medical facility.
Man bites dogs
God bless you Mr Skerrit and your administrations. Everything Labour said they would do they have done it so far, which is more than that so-called opposition guy has done for anyone else. By the way Linton, when you were in America you said that you were collecting money for the infirmary you didn't say which one. And also Linton, definition of infirmary is hospital, you have not handed any money to the hospital off any kind what the hell is going on???
Iamanidiot
Housing- Skerrit , No minister of housing
Education – Skerrit, no minister of education
Cruise ship/ Airport – Skerrit , no minister of tourism…but then again that one useless.
Geothermal – Skerrit , not even sure what ministry that will fall under. I think they have a new one for it
All and any project across the board it's the honorable prime minister. No body else seem to have a say, or whatever
Lin clown
Anon,Linton is a HUGE FAILURE. When we are putting blows on UWP and their bunch of corrupt supporters.DNO feei the sueeze.
time has told
You are such a big winner Lin Clown.
Dominicans will believe anything! A hospital is either built and open or it is under construction! Look Dominica hospital opening in phases! Let's open wards 1 and two this year! Open wards 3 and 4 next year! And the rest come next election!
@truth be told I wonder where are from at least you getting something rather than nothing …are ur eyes blocked …I thought their is ongoing construction of the second phase going on maybe u born upside down and can't see clearly
Ungrateful Dominicans.
All the apartments Skerrit building all over the place is his way of making lands available for his Chinese passport holders. If all you vote him in again he is going to pass a law where those of you he gave house to for free, though without title as proof of ownership, the man is going to claim your land people and no damn person can stop him. You think the Devil gives anything for free? You will get your apartments but you can't will it to your children or loved ones. Why? It's a damn trick to buy your vote. The only way for these houses to be yours is to vote Skerrit out so a new government can make things right. The man has no interest in you or DA except for your to keep him in power so he could better plan his China takeover. No wonder he ensured his wife Melissa has US green card and their children are citizens of the US so they are protected. Are you or your children protected? Let him that wants to be blind be blind. I was up there with Skerrit and the DLP and had 2run
% % %you make yourself more of an IDIOT every day.Linton told the world he has been a member of UWP since 1988.The most corrupt Government Dominica has ever seen is the UWP.They introduced the Hospital User Fee.You had to pay $ 5 to do anything at the Hospital,even to use the washrooms.These UWP people are so wicked.They moved the Hospital User Fee from $ 5 to $ 20.They also had poor people pay $ 50 a night to stay at the Hospital.All this time Linton is part of this corrupt regime.
After 15 years of Skerrit you all are sold to China and sadly all you so damn blind that you can't see it. It was imperative for Skerrit to change the name of our hospital from PMH to China Dominica hospital. Why? Because of the secret MOU with China and make no mistake about it, if all keep Skerrit in power for another 5 yrs the majority of you will be buried and it will become China hospital, to serve the Chinese population that is taking over Dominica. Chinese don't share anything with anyone and it's just a matter of time before you all understand the true meaning of "One China" policy. All you so damn blind that you can't see that after 20 years is only now Skerrit talking hospital, no international airport, while he allowed and really chased out Ross University. Now he is everywhere building hotels and apartment complexes yet, all you so blind that you cannot see is all you land he taking from you to pass on to Chinese. That's why he can't give you title because he wants…
….skerrit all of a sudden just now the international airport will land from the sky…Garcon just give up give Clement the throne u make yourself already go .my children not going and suffer under you eh the devil is a liar
In reading this DNO article it lack some very important information. Stated is that phase one of the new hospital will be handed over to government at the end of May, but no, repeat no, mentioned was made at to what are the facilities that are included in phase one, mention was also made that government has purchased additional and new equipment, but no information on what are these equipment and their respective uses. The Chinese ambassador mentioned that the hospital includes (9) nine buildings, but again no mention as to what hospital facilities will be included in each of these buildings. The hospital is to serve ALL DOMINCANS, and the press must play its role on informing and educating the citizens. To say the lease, I am very disappointed with DNO reporting of the news coverage and must do much better or must I say, this is how DNO was told to report that particular news coverage. In enjoying my retirement, I often wander if I am living in a fantasy world or am I actually in DA.
Ibo France
The Chinese should get some commendation for coming to the aid of Dominicans once again. Dominica is fast becoming China Town. Sad to say, despite the laudable efforts of the Chinese , Dominicans will have to continue to seek emergency medical attention overseas because of lack of resources and skilled medical practitioners. The current regime's sole strategy is to create an illusion around election time as if they care about the people's appalling conditions and concerns. The DLP should be given the boot for nineteen years of wasted opportunities and insufferable hardships they have visited on the people.
Zammm
Can't believe for the life of me that Dominicans fall for Skerritt's political tricks all the time. He is bent on keeping Dominicans poor and broke whilst he and his boys are filthy rich. Mr Skerritt will sooon have those poor Dominicans bow down before him and beg him for about everything. Dominica is a massive red clinic… For 18 plus years Dominicans still allowing Skerritt to fool them with his lies and propaganda. Look at how easy he brought his wife in to politics, don't you guys fine that funny. This is not the norm… Robert Mogabe did the same with Gucci Grace…
Dominicans rise upp, wise uppp, this hospital phase one opening is just some election tactic.. Open the entire hospitals one time…. Stop the stupid politics…. Skerritt must go. Skerritt must go….
BTW how many Dominicans working on the hospital? And those beds, where in the world you see such foolishness. Little beds like it's for dwarfs n lil dolls. Boy oh boy.. When you don't know better,
What happened to the minister of Health??
Well needed and timely!
Hot debate. What do you think? 10 8
KaliNeg
Wasn't this hospital supposed to be completed in 2010 as part of the four pillar project All these rogues posing as government has done,is play politricks with the people every elections! Vote the one-man rogue regime prime mistake out!!!
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Bringback the kidnapped Dominican parrots
Dominica is no longer a sovereign country, everything constructed by China is named Dominica friendship. Dominica may as well be a colony of China. Also what good is a hospital without at least one helicopter. The Prime Minister minister of finance has enough money to buy at least two million dollar helicopters for the hospital. Did they construct a helicopter landing pad on top of the hospital.
So because of that forget about patriot Linton and vote for the lazy Skerrit and DLP?? Skerrit has taught Dominicans very well what it is to be poor, and what it is to be begging him! He enjoys to see people poor! This wicked man only loves himself!
All the way with Linton and the UWP!!!
Workersssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Skerrit Must Go
Lazy Skerrit Must Go Now
Linton is not a Patriot. You seem not to know the meaning of a Patriot.
Lenpro
@ %, we all see somethings different in life. I dont think Skerrit made Dominicans lazy. Dominicans are lazy people. Period. If you go to the Roseau market, you will see Haitians have taken over your agro sector. While Dominicans carry the most expensive cellphone in their pockets complaining (No. Jobs, No jobs). There is plenty if work going on in Dominica right now. But a hand full are on DNO's platform complaining. Just because Dominica shifting where you need a certification to get involved in almost everything today. All we have to do, get skilled and certified. Government cant do it all. Private sector need to play its part. Dominica had more set backs with natural disasters in the past decade. Dominicans are ungrateful people in every aspect of life. Dominicans complain government is not doing, and still complain when government do. (Ungrateful). I will give credit where its due. Im not voting in your next election. The DLP will win.


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It is so sad to read the words you have written and I come into agreement that you are blessed with a high level of discernment.
I pray that 2018 God's angels will surround you and protect you from the North/south/East/West above and below. In the name above all names our JESUS.
Bless you, Chris, thank you for your words of encouragement and your prayer. I claim that protection you've mentioned! It's often needed, sadly….


The Neanderthals lived in the Northern and Western areas of Eurasia, during the Pleistocene epoch. Image: Shutterstock.
The Neanderthal population in Europe was previously believed to be stable for hundreds of thousands of years before the arrival of modern humans. However, new findings from an international research team suggest that most Neanderthals in Europe died around 50,000 years ago.
The results, published in February 25 in Molecular Biology and Evolution, also indicated that a small group recolonised central and western Europe, where they survived for another 10,000 years before the arrival of modern humans.
"The fact that Neanderthals in Europe were nearly extinct, but then recovered, and that all this took place long before they came into contact with modern humans came as a complete surprise to us," said Associate Professor Love Dalén, from the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
While working on DNA from Neanderthal fossils in Northern Spain, the researchers found that the genetic variation among European Neanderthals had been extremely limited during the last 10,000 years before the Neanderthals disappeared. Older Neanderthal fossils and fossils from Asia had much greater genetic variation, on par with the variation expected from a species that had been abundant in an area for a long time.
"The amount of genetic variation in geologically older Neanderthals as well as in Asian Neanderthals was just as great as in modern humans as a species, whereas the variation among later European Neanderthals was not even as high as that of modern humans in Iceland," said Associate Professor Anders Götherström, from Uppsala University in Sweden.
The results were based on severely degraded DNA, so the analyses required advanced laboratory and computational methods and involved experts from a number of countries. All members of the international research team reviewed the findings before they felt certain that the available genetic data revealed an important and previously unknown part of Neanderthal history.


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Ash Wednesday taken to the streets in Bethel
Three Bethel churches are teaming up to allow people to take part in Ash Wednesday in non-church locations. First Congregational Church of Bethel interim Pastor Laura Westby says Ashes To Go was a success last year, that the Houses of Worship are expanding the traditional start of Lent.
Westby says in a world that is changing at lightning speed, this fills a need to offer the traditional gifts of faith in non-traditional ways She hopes to reach those who have lost their connection to a church, have never participated before or are unable to attend a traditional church service.
Ashes to Go will be available from 7 to 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Molten Java, 213 Greenwood Avenue.
Ashes to Go will also be available from 8 to 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jacqueline's, 138 Greenwood Avenue.