Like to take things one at a time? Then a Block Plan school might be for you.
The Block Plan is a unique class schedule used by a few schools such as Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO), Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA), and Tusculum College (Greeneville, TN). The Block Plan entails taking one course at a time for three and a half weeks (and professors teach one at a time, as well). When the course ends, there is a four-and-a-half day break. The school year is divided into eight "blocks." Block Plan schools have small class sizes and offer a liberal arts and science curriculum.
The Block Plan allows for truly intensive academic work in each subject, as there are no distractions from the course at hand. Professors can take their classes on extended trips without worrying about cutting into a student's other academic responsibilities, or taking up a student's vacation time. Classes typically meet 3-5 hours per day, Monday-Friday, but professors are free to schedule classes outside of that format.
For instance, the Film Studies department at Colorado College offers a Block-in-Hollywood, where students experience the film and television industry on-site. Cornell College requires all Geology majors to go on at least one extended field course for 18 days to New Zealand, the Bahamas, Hawaii, or a number of other locations offered on a rotating basis. At Tusculum College, instead of doing a full semester, or a spring break program, students can spend a block doing service work in Belize.
Any course you take at a Block Plan college will allow for intensive engagement with the course at hand, whether it's through uninterrupted class discussion, total immersion in a foreign language, dedicated laboratory time, or the opportunity for exciting field work.
If you are interested in pursuing a traditional liberal arts and science education with small class sizes and dedicated professors, along with the distinction of being able to focus on one course at a time, you may want to consider adding a Block Plan college to your list.


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Conus tinianus, common name the variable cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm. The thin shell is striated towards the base. Its color is reddish chestnut clouded with gray, and irregularly ornamented with indistinct fillets of articulated white and chestnut. The spire is obtusely convex. The apex is rose-tinted.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the east coast of South Africa.

References

 Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1810. Description des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 15: 422–442

 Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
 Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
 Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
 Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp

External links
 The Conus Biodiversity website
 Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

tinianus
Gastropods described in 1792

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The hologram of the late Ronnie James Dio will tour this year with singers with Ripper Owens and Oni Logan.
Created by Eyellusion, the Dio hologram is the world's first rock hologram performance and its Wacker Open Air performance marked the first time a hologram had been accompanied by a live band onstage.
Eyellusion CEO Jeff Pezzuti tells Talking Metal that, for the 2017 tour, Dio will presented in different eras.
"[At Wacken] he was somewhere around '88, the Dream Evil era," Pezzuti says. "For this next tour we're going to be somewhere later than that for certain songs and maybe earlier than that for other songs.
In addition, Owens and Logan will perform in various portions of the show and sing duets with the hologram.
"It's going to be mind-blowing from the fans' perspective," Pezzuti says. "We are going to bring album covers to life. We are going to bring things that are known to Ronnie to life onstage.
"Ronnie will be involved in each show from probably six to seven song a night that he will be singing on. Some of the ones we can expect are 'We Rock,' 'Holy Diver' and 'Rainbow in the Dark.'"You can watch a video from the Wacken performance below.


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Q: Convert any integration region to a rectangle I've been studying double integrals from the point of view of
differential forms and pullbacks. In my book there's an example of how
to convert a triangular region of integration between points (0, 0), (0,
1) and (1, 0) with line $x + y =1$ into a rectangular integration region
in variables $u, v$. If $\alpha$ is the map from the rectangular region
to the triangular region, its pullback $\alpha^{*}$ works as
$\alpha^{*}x = uv$ and $\alpha^{*}y = u(1 - v)$.
This change in terms of $u$ and $v$ does not seem intuitive at all for
me. My question is: is there a reasoning that you can use to convert any
region of integration to a rectangular region?

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Hawaii ranked 7th in beach water quality
How does your local beach rank in NRDC's Testing the Waters annual report? Go to www.nrdc.org/beaches to find out.
Hawaii ranked seventh out of 30 states in beach water quality, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council's annual "Testing the Waters: A Guide to Quality at Vacation Beaches" report.
While that's better than the previous year, Hawaii residents should still have some concerns, given that four percent of ocean water samples exceeded national standards in 2011. Beaches of concern (exceeding national standards) include Nawiliwili Harbor (13%), Lumaha'i Beach (13%), Ke'e Beach (18%), Hanalei Beach Park (22%) and Kalihiwai Bay (20%) in Kauai County; and Honoli'i Beach Park (16%) and Pelekane Bay (13%) in Hawaii County.
NRDC, an international non-profit group, advocates strong policies to identify unsafe beach water quality as well as to protect beach goers from waterborne illnesses.
In 2011, there were a total of 4,691 warning/advisory days due to stormwater runoff and five warning/advisory days due to sewage spills in Hawaii.
Last year, NRDC expressed concerns about water problems because several homes on Mokauea Island in Ke'ehi Lagoon were directly discharging sewage into the ocean. The homes that are currently occupied there now have a dry compost system, reports NRDC. Beachwater sampling around the island has verified these systems are working properly.
Another area of concern lies with the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility, operated by Maui County, which uses injection wells to dispose of sewage that has been through secondary treatment. While solids are removed, the water is not disinfected. In January this year, the Clean Water Branch and University of Hawaii began gathering monthly water samples to test for contamination. So far, testing has indicated that wastewater injected into the wells is finding its way to the ocean.
Across the U.S., the NRDC found that our nation's beaches continue to experience significant water pollution putting the health of beachgoers and swimmers at risk.
In 2011, the number of beach closing and advisory days reached the third-highest level in the 22-year history of its report. More than two-thirds of those advisories were issued because bacteria levels exceeded public health standards.
There's a list of 5-star beaches as well, but no Hawaii beaches made that list.
To see the full report for Hawaii, go to www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/hi.asp. This year, NRDC offers a search tool where you can enter an address, zip code and state to find reports on beaches near you.
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Australia now has largest network of marine protected areas
It's official.
Australia announced last Thursday its decision to create the world's largest network of marine protected areas, including a fully protected marine reserve in the Coral Sea.
The Coral Sea no-take marine reserve — known in Australia as a national park zone — spans 503,000 square kilometers (or 194,000 square miles) and will be the world's second largest fully protected no-take marine reserve. Watching PEW's video of the Australian Marine Reserves will take your breath away and give you an appreciation for the beauty of the Coral Sea.
It surpasses Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — which in 2006 was the largest fully-protected marine reserve in the world at 362,000 square kilometers (140,000 square miles).
"Once again, Australia is leading the world in protecting its marine environment and the unique wildlife it contains," said Joshua Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group. "The Coral Sea joins the growing number of large, fully protected marine reserves in the world, adding to the emerging recognition of the need to conserve the special places in our ocean."
More than 486,900 people from across Australia and around the world publicly declared their support for strong protection of the Coral Sea through efforts led by the Pew Environment Group. This is the highest level of public support ever received by the Australian government on an environmental issue. In addition, more than 300 marine scientists from 35 countries, including Australia, endorsed the need for protecting the Coral Sea.
Click here for a list of maps and fact sheets.
Marine life at Wreck Reef in the southern part of Coral Sea Islands, Australia. Photo by Xanthe Rivett.
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Changing Tides to screen at Maui Film Festival
"Changing Tides," a 15-minute documentary about Hawaii's marine debris, was officially selected for the 2012 Maui Film Festival and will be shown at 4 p.m. at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center this Saturday, June 16.
The Sustainable Living Institute of Maui, Positive H20 and Surfrider Foundation teamed up with award-winning filmmaker filmmaker Danny Miller to produce the film.
The Northern Pacific Gyre, more commonly known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," has an impact not only on Hawaii residents but other Pacific Islands and the rest of the globe. It's a global problem.
An estimated 26 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year - tons of "plastic debris" — pieces of plastic that have broken down or been eaten up by marine animals in the ocean, wash up on Hawaii shorelines.
The story is told through the eyes of Hawaiian kupuna, professional watermen, scientists and volunteers who all share a passion for the ocean and are trying to protect it.
Besides demonstrating the real dangers of marine debris, the film also provides solutions individuals can take to decrease their plastic footprint.
On Saturday morning (June 16), Positive H2O and Surfrider are also holding a beach cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon at Launiupoko Beach, with free lunch from Lulu's afterwards. Bring your boards to enjoy the "clean water playground" after the cleanup.
Visit sustainablemaui.org for more details.
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One world, one ocean
Everyone, whether you live close to the coastline or not, is affected by the ocean.
Did you know that 90 percent of the big fish are gone? Tuna, swordfish, halibut, cod and flounder populations have been devastated by overfishing, according to One World One Ocean. There are also 405 reported ocean "dead zones" which have little to no oxygen due to nitrogen pollution.
Around the world, discarded plastic bags and other litter have created a toxic "plastic soup" in five massive ocean gyres. The one closest to Hawaii (between Hawaii and California) is the North Pacific Gyre, better known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
Today is World Oceans Day. Check out this video by One World One Ocean. The non-profit group today offers "The Ocean We Want to Know," telling of Ferdie and Mitzi's round the world adventure, from Yosemite to the Mariana Trench to the Sargasso Sea. They share that the tallest mountain in the world, measured from seafloor to summit, is not Mount Everest — it's Mauna Kea.
You can get involved by helping to steward your coastline and reducing your use of plastic, wherever you live. Kudos to the folks who went out and cleaned up the coastline today.
Beach cleanups - International Surfing Day
Enthusiastic boy pitches in during one of Sustainable Coastline Hawaii's beach cleanups. Photo courtesy of Sustainable Coastline Hawaii.
Get ready, get set, clean!
The Surfrider Foundation and Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii are organizing a week full of events, including two beach cleanups — one on the north shore and one on the south shore — in celebration of International Surfing Day (June 20).
On Sunday, June 17, join in on the fun with a south shore coastal cleanup of Diamond Head beginning at 9:45 a.m. followed by a thank you party at Tiki's Bar & Grill in Waikiki. There will be free food and prizes for volunteers, sponsored by Barefoot Wines.
On Saturday, June 23, Surfrider and Sustainable will be joined by the Kokua Hawaii Foundation to host a North Shore coastal cleanup of the James Campbell Wildlife Refuge. Check-in is at 9:30 a.m., with the cleanup from 10 a.m. to about noon. The beach cleanup is followed by a 5 p.m. party at The Refinery Project in Waialua. Event sponsor Method cleaning products will collect the day's plastic to recycling into product packaging. Gloves, trash bags and water will be provided. Also, during the beach cleanup, look for glass bottles buried in the sand — those who discover them can receive prices from sponsors including Quiksilver, Patagonia and Hurley.
The cleanups are kid-friendly and include fun, educational components on ways participants can reduce their environmental impact on the ocean. The trash and debris collected are tallied and reported to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
On Wednesday, June 20, participate in a group surf. Details will be available on the International Surfing Week on Oahu Facebook page. Also, shop at Whole Foods and 5 percent of the store's proceeds will be donated to Surfrider Foundation's Oahu chapter.
"If you surf, if you love and respect the ocean, come out and show your support," says Sustainable Coastline's executive director Kahi Pacarro.

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Edo Poll: We Must Be Neutral At All Times, INEC Chairman Tells Electoral Officials
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has rallied officials of the commission to remain steadfast to its ideals in conducting the Edo governorship election.
"Nigerians and the international community expect so much from us. They are watching. It is important that we all remain above board in the performance of our respective duties," Professor Yakubu said in a message to the staff of the commission on the eve of the election.
"We must ensure that no political party or candidate is accorded any advantage over the other. We must be neutral at all times and stick strictly to our Code of Conduct and Oath of Neutrality to which we have all subscribed."
By playing their parts and delivering a free, fair, and credible election, the INEC boss believes the commission would have helped to better the country.
"For, at the end of the day, we would have all contributed to the sustenance of democracy and a strong electoral process that all Nigerians can trust," he said.
Professor Yakubu, who said all is set for the much-anticipated poll, promised his colleagues and other officials of the commission that their welfare and condition of service will be given priority during the election.
He is also confident that they will rise to the occasion.
"I have no doubt that our staff members will rise to the occasion. We have done it several times before and we can do it again," he said.
"The Commission deeply appreciates the never-ending sacrifices made by our staff at all times, often beyond the call of duty, to ensure that we carry out our mandate. The management will continue to improve the welfare and conditions of service of staff within the available resources."
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\section{Results}
\noindent\textbf{Model.}
This comprises  a band Stoner model with the Rashba interaction added\cite{Manchon}:
\begin{equation}
\label{100}
H = \frac{p^2}{2m}
- J_0\bm{S} \cdot \bm{\sigma} + \frac{\alpha_R}{\hbar}  (\sigma_x p_y - \sigma_y p_x),
\end{equation}
where $\bm{p}$ is the electron momentum operator,
$\bm{S}$ the order parameter, $\bm{ \sigma}$ the Pauli matrices and  $ \alpha_R = e \eta_{\rm so} E$ is the Rashba parameter proportional to $\eta_{\rm so} $, which characterises the spin-orbit coupling, and the magnitude $E$ of the electric field  $\bm{E} = E {\hat {\bf z}}$, taken to be  perpendicular to the plane of the system, and ${\hat {\bf m}}  = \bm{S}/S$ is perpendicular to ${\hat {\bf x}}$ and makes an angle $\theta$ to the ${\hat {\bf z}}$-direction, as in Fig.~\ref{F100}(a).
\newline

\noindent\textbf{Illustrative non-magnetic example.}  Consider  the Rashba effect in non-magnetic  two dimensional electron gases or surface states on noble metals, e.g., a surface state of Au. As shown in the {\bf methods}, the single particle energy
\begin{equation}
\label{1001}
\epsilon_{\bm{k}\sigma } = \frac{\hbar^2}{2m} \left(k - \sigma k_0 \right)^2 -  E_R,
\end{equation}
where $\sigma = \pm 1$ for majority/minority electrons,  the momentum shift $k_0  =  m \alpha_R /\hbar^2$, and
\begin{equation}
\label{10011}
E_R =  \frac{m {\alpha_R}^2 }{2\hbar^2}
=  \frac{1}{2}  \left( \frac{e \eta_{\rm so}}{\hbar} \right)^2mE^2,
\end{equation}
identified in the inset of Fig.~\ref{F100}(b), reflects the single particle energy gain relative to zero electric field, i.e., $E=0$ and $\alpha_R=0$.  For the surface state of Au,  $E_R \approx 3.5$meV,  exemplifying  the energy scale. For the three dimensional problem there is no equivalent shift in $k_z$.

There are many  experiments \cite{LaShell,Hoesch,Ast,Gierz,Krupin} which put in evidence the Rashba splitting in two dimensional electron gases, surface states of noble metals,  bulk layered systems, and e.g., of a surface state of ferromagnetic Yb.
\newline

\noindent\textbf{Magnetic case -
origin of the magnetic anisotropy energy.} In the {\bf methods} it is shown the $\theta$ dependent  single particle energy,
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{1006}
\epsilon_{\bm{k}\sigma} & = &
\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\left[\left(k_{x} -\sigma k_0 \sin \theta\right)^2 + {k_{y}}^2
\right] -   E_R\sin^2 \theta\nonumber  \\
&& - \sigma \left[
(J_0 S)^2 + \alpha_R^2(  {k_{x} }^2\cos^2\theta + {k_{y}}^2)
\right]^{1/2}.
\end{eqnarray}
The direction of the momentum shift depends upon $\sigma = \pm1$, i.e., the majority/minority character of the band. These shifts also change sign with $ {\hat {\bf m}}  \to -  {\hat {\bf m}} $ for a given $\sigma$. This ``magnetic Rashba splitting" with  $ {\hat {\bf m}}  \to -  {\hat {\bf m}} $ is observed for the surface state of Yb\, \cite{Krupin}.

The contributions to the magnetic anisotropy are highlighted by contrasting  the  perpendicular and parallel orientations of order parameter ${\hat {\bf m}}$ to the plane.
With ${\hat {\bf m}}$ perpendicular to the plane, i.e.,
${\hat {\bf m}} = {\hat {\bf z}}$ ($\theta =0$),
the exchange and Rashba fields (see {\bf Methods}) are orthogonal
and hence the net energy for a single electron Eq.~(\ref{1006}) is
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{1003}
\epsilon_{\bm{k}\sigma} &=& \frac{\hbar^2}{2m}k^2
- \sigma   [(J_0S)^2 + (\alpha_R k^2)]^{1/2}.
\end{eqnarray}
The axis of quantisation is tilted by $\delta(k) = \tan^{-1} \frac{\alpha_Rk}{J_0S}$ away from the $z$-axis as shown in Fig.~\ref{F100}(c).
The majority (minority)  electrons  gain (lose) an energy that is even in $E$.
This arises from the competition of the Rashba field, perpendicular to ${\hat {\bf m}}$, with the exchange field.
Such a competition generates  a second order in $E$ contribution to the magnetic anisotropy and is identified with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) mechanism\cite{Dzyaloshinskii, Moriya, book1}.

Now take ${\hat {\bf m}}$  parallel to the $y$-axis, i.e., ${\hat {\bf m}} = {\hat {\bf y}}$ ($\theta =\pi/2$). The $y$-component of $\bm{B}_R$ is parallel to the exchange field and is combined with the kinetic energy.
The Fermi sea is shifted along the $x$-axis and lowered by $E_R$ as shown in Fig.~\ref{F100}(d).
This energy gain corresponds to a pseudo-dipolar (PD) contribution to anisotropy energy\cite{book1} which favours an in-plane magnetisation.
On the other hand, the $x$-component of $\bm{B}_R$, which is perpendicular to $J_0 S{\hat {\bf m}}$, gives rise to a correction to the effective exchange field.
The direction of the moment tilts away from the $y$-axis in the direction perpendicular to the wave vector by
$\delta(k_y) = \tan^{-1} \frac{ \alpha_R k_y}{J_0S}$ as shown in Fig.~\ref{F100}(d). The  single particle energy, Eq.~(\ref{1006}), is now,
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{1004}
\epsilon_{\bm{k}\sigma}
&=& \frac{\hbar^2}{2m}[(k_x - \sigma k_0 )^2 +  {k_y}^2]  - E_R\nonumber  \\
&&-  \sigma   [(J_0S)^2 + (\alpha_R {k_y})^2 ]^{1/2},
\end{eqnarray}
where the shift $k_0 $ is the same as in Eq.~(\ref{1001}) but  only along the $x$-axis.

The effective exchange field
in Eq.~(\ref{1004}) is smaller than
that in Eq.~(\ref{1003}) due to the absence of a ${k_x}^2$ term.
This indicates that the overall DM contribution favours a perpendicular ${\hat {\bf m}}$ while the PD term favours an in-plane ${\hat {\bf m}}$.
This exchange field changes sign for the majority/minority spins, i.e., with $\sigma$.
Assuming  $(J_0 S )^2 >  (\alpha_Rk_x)^2$ and retaining the $\theta$-dependent terms up to the order of $E^2$ in (\ref{1006}), we obtained
our principal result:
\begin{equation}
\label{400}
E_{\rm an} =E_R \left[ 1 -  \frac{2T}{J_0 S}
\right] \cos^2 \theta,
\end{equation}
for the magnetic anisotropy energy, with
\begin{equation}
\label{T}
T =  \frac{\hbar^2 }{2m} \left(\langle {k_x}^2\rangle_{\uparrow} - \langle {k_x}^2\rangle_{\downarrow}\right),
\end{equation}
where $\langle$ $\rangle$ denotes an  average over the Fermi sea (see {\bf methods}).
The Rashba  spin-orbit interaction produces a uni-axial anisotropy energy which, as in the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya theory\cite{book1},  comprises  a direct  second order in $E$ easy plane pseudo-dipolar interaction and an indirect contribution proportional to $ E^2/J_0 S$
reflecting the competition between the first order in $E$, Rashba-Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya, and  exchange fields. Clearly an $E^2$ dependent PMA results if $T>J_0S/2$,
which is the case for real 3$d$ ferromagnets as argued below.
\newline

\noindent\textbf{Competition between the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and pseudo-dipolar contributions.}
Taken literally, the Stoner model Eq.~(\ref{100}), with its
quadratic dispersion, predicts the ratio of  the DM and PD contributions to the PMA.
The result,  (see {\bf methods}),  depends upon the spatial dimension. In two dimensions the PD and DM terms  cancel although higher order terms ($O({\alpha_R}^4)$) lead to a PMA while in three dimensions the DM term is $-(4/5) E_R\cos^2\theta$ and an in-plane magnetisation is favoured. Lastly, a two dimensional system with a highly anisotropic conductivity might be modelled as a series of parallel one dimensional chains. For chains DM contribution is $-(4/3) E_R\cos^2\theta$ which dominates the PD energy $E_R\cos^2\theta$, appropriate when ${\hat {\bf m}}$ is in-plane and perpendicular to the chains.  Corresponding to the hardest axis, when ${\hat {\bf m}}$ in-plane but rather parallel to the chains, there is neither a DM or PD contribution to the magnetic anisotropy energy. There is thereby a predicted  electric field dependence of the  in-plane anisotropy as seen in early experiments\cite{Chiba}, given the large  compressive strain that arises in  these experiments.

\begin{figure*}[b]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{3layer.png}
\end{center
\caption{(a) There is an electric field $\bm{E}$ in the surface region of a ferromagnet, however for a given wave vector $\bm{k}$, the Rashba field $\bm{B}_R$, proportional to $\bm{k} \times \bm{E}$, has an opposite sign at the two surfaces and the average field is zero. (b) With a finite external field this symmetry is broken and there is a net Rashba  field acting upon the electrons. (c) The gate voltage dependence of the anisotropy energy. The internal electric field causes the shift of the parabola in the lateral axis as indicated by $V_0$ for case i). For cases ii) and iii) the internal field shift is far beyond the external field range and nearly linear $E$-dependence arises. (d) The symmetry is also broken for a insulator-ferromagnet-metal sandwich. Also despite the electric field being smaller at the right surface, for a suitable metal, the spin-orbit coupling is larger and hence the metal interface can still dominate the net Rashba field. (e) Here the work function is larger for the metal than for the ferromagnet and the field for that surface is reversed. Now the Rashba  fields at the two surfaces add. (f), (g) Adding an applied field increases the Rashba  field at the insulating surface which, for this case, causes a net decrease/increase in the average Rashba  field.
}
\label {F200}
\end{figure*}

However, for the real problem of 3$d$ magnets,  a quadratic dispersion is not at all realistic and the crystal potential $V(\bm{r})$ must be accounted for, see {\bf methods}. For 3$d$ elements $\psi $ is  well localised within the atomic sphere and the averages $\hbar^2\langle {k_x}^2\rangle $, and hence $T$,  are very much  increased as compared to the above na\"{\i}ve estimates. In reality, the DM contribution will invariably lead to a PMA.

\section{Discussion}

The resulting anisotropy energy can be very large. Experiment\cite{LaShell,Hoesch} on conducting but non-magnetic materials helps set the scale. In particular the value of the scaling pre-factor $E_R$ in Eq.~(\ref{400}) for the surface state of Au is $\sim 3.5$\,meV or about 35T in magnetic field units and very much larger than the typical $\sim 1$T  demagnetising field. If a Au film is polarised by contact with an ultra-thin ferromagnet the second factor, $2T/J_0 S$, in Eq.~(\ref{400}) for the field inside a Au surface layer  can be quite large $\sim 5$ leading to a PMA and indeed ultra-thin Fe on Au does have such a PMA\cite{Chagpert,Leeb}. Ultra-thin ferromagnetic films in contact with, e.g., Pt, Pd, and Ta etc., also are found to have a PMA\cite{Fowley,Weisheit}.

Schematically shown in Fig.~\ref{F200}(a) is the potential seen by electrons in a free standing ultra-thin ferromagnetic film. At the surface, the potential reaches the vacuum level within a few atomic spacings. This results in a finite large electric field $E  \sim 10$V/nm at each surface but in opposite senses. Assuming an appreciable  spin-orbit coupling in the interface region, this results, in turn, in a  Rashba  field $\bm{B}_R$ which also changes sign between the two surfaces for a given momentum. Thus for  a perfectly symmetric film, the ferromagnetically polarised electrons see no average field $\bm{B}_R$. This symmetry can be broken by the application of an external electric field as shown in Fig.~\ref{F200}(b).  The electric field is increased at one surface and decreased at the other doubling the net effect. In contrast, for this same symmetric  situation, the surface charges are opposite and doping effects must cancel. Experimentally applied fields of 1V/nm are relatively easy to achieve implying a $\sim10$\% change in the surface anisotropy. Experiments\cite{Nozaki} with a 1.5nm Fe$_{80}$B$_{20}$ sandwiched between two MgO layers is perhaps closest to this situation although  the thickness 1.5nm and 2.5nm of these layers are not equal. Roughly consistent with our estimate [see Fig.~\ref{F200}(c), case(i)], there is \cite{Nozaki} an $\sim 15\%$ symmetric contribution to the magnetic anisotropy for an applied voltage of 2V.

Clearly the intrinsic Rashba  field $\bm{B}_R$  is modified when the material adjacent to the ferromagnets (F), say Fe, are different. In many experiments an insulator $I$, often MgO, lies to one side and a normal metal (N), and e.g., Au, Pt or Pd, completes a tri-layer system. The potential, Figs.~\ref{F200}(d) and (e),  will increase in passing from Fe to MgO but, depending on the effective work-functions, can either increase (Au), Fig.~\ref{F200}(d),  or decrease (Pt), Fig.~\ref{F200}(e), at the FN interface. The latter case is particularly favourable since the intrinsic Rashba  fields have the same sense and add. It is the case that both Pt and Pd N-layers can induce a PMA\cite{Fowley}. Assuming the system is gated on the insulating side and that the PMA is principally due to the N-layer, Figs.~\ref{F200}(f), (g),  the sign of the effect distinguishes between the two cases. If $E$ is increased at the FI interface, the average Rashba field decreases in the first case [Fig.~\ref{F200}(f)] when the effects of the surfaces tend to cancel and, as illustrated in Fig~\ref{F200}(g), increases in the second case when the inverse is true [see Fig.~\ref{F200}(c), case (ii) and (iii)]. Experiment\cite{Fowley}
 indeed shows an opposite field dependence for such systems with Pd and Pt N-layers. That the sign of the electric field contribution to the PMA reflects  the N-layer whereas the field is applied to the opposite surface between F and I supports the current Rashba  model. This is  in stark contrast with the popular surface doping model\cite{Chiba,Fowley}, for which the effects of surface doping are limited by the (possibly magnetically modified) Fermi-Thomas screening length. In reality\cite{Fowley}, the screening length is estimated to be much less than 1nm,  and much too short for there to be an appreciable doping effect of the Pt or Pd layers that are typically distant by a few nanometers.

Simulating a large applied electric field $E$, the required asymmetry might be controlled in NFN tri-layers by varying in a systematic manner, at the mono-layer  level, the thickness of one of the normal metal layers and by using metals with different spin-orbit couplings. In reality the effect of the substrate transmitted to, and through, the bottom normal metal will imply an asymmetry even for large N-layer thickness. Indeed the PMA surface term for Au/Fe(110)/Au(111) structures does show an non-monotonic dependence on the top Au layer thickness\cite{Chagpert}.
Experiments\cite{Leeb} for Fe layers on vicinal Ag(001) and Au(001) surfaces and which undergo a symmetry breaking (5$\times$20) surface reconstruction manifest  an in-plane surface term reflecting this broken symmetry and which is larger for Au, with its stronger spin-orbit coupling,  than for Ag.

It is predicted that the surface coercivity field $H_c$ is proportional to $(E_\mathrm{int} + E_\mathrm{ext})^2$ where $E_\mathrm{int}$ is the internal electric field corresponding to the
zero-bias Rashba contribution to the anisotropy. Such a non-linear field dependence is observed, e.g., for the in-plane contribution for a (Ge,Mn)As/ZrO$_2$ surface\cite{Chiba}. In other experiments\cite{Wang}  with  CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB structures there is qualitative difference between the $E$ dependence of the anisotropy field $H_c$ of the, ``top'' and ``bottom'', CoFeB layers of this three layer structure, even when they have similar thicknesses. The bottom layer has a larger $H_c$ and is roughly linear while $H_c$ becomes highly non-linear as $H_c \to 0$ as would be expected as $E_\mathrm{ext} \to - E_\mathrm{int}$.

The most direct  experimental test of the model is the  observation of the band splittings for a model Rashba  system with a variable contact with an itinerant  ferromagnet. This can result in giant magnetic anisotropy (GMA) energies. For example a $E_R\sim 100$meV (or $\sim 1000$T) is reported in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements\cite{Ishizaka}  on bulk BiTeI.
For a thin film of this, or similar material, in contact with an itinerant ferromagnet such as Fe, a suitable exchange splitting $J_0S$, tuned to the order of $E_R$, might be induced and a GMA will result. ARPES performed as a function of the direction of the magnetisation $\bm{m}$ might determine both $E_R$ and the momentum dependence of the exchange splitting leading to estimates of both the PM and DM contributions and which might be directly compared with magnetisation and magnetic resonance measurements. The electrical control of such a GMA has evident important application for non-volatile memory applications. There are clearly many more complicated embodiments of such a device.

In conclusion, it is suggested that the Rashba magnetic field due to the internal electric field in the surface region of an ultra-thin ferromagnet can make an important contribution to the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Such surface fields might be modified by application of an applied electric field. Since the internal fields at two surfaces tend to cancel, an asymmetry between the surfaces is important. Such an asymmetry is caused by different metal and insulator caping layers. These ideas are consistent with a large number of experiments.

\section{Methods}
\noindent\textbf{The non-magnetic case.} This corresponds to Eq.~(\ref{100}) with $J_0=0$. It is solved by taking the axis of quantisation ${\hat {\bf z}}\times \bm{k}$ to be perpendicular to the in-plane $\bm{k}$ as in Fig.~\ref{F100}(b).
The eigenstates are $e^{i\bm{k} \cdot \bm{r}}|s\rangle$ and $H = (\hbar^2/2m)k^2 - g\mu_B\bm{B}_R \cdot \bm{\sigma}/2$, where the Rashba magnetic field in energy units is defined as $g \mu_B \bm{B}_R = 2\alpha_R(-k_y {\hat {\bf x}}+ k_x {\hat {\bf y}})$, with $\mu_B$ the Bohr magneton and $g$ the g-factor, leaving the spin state $|s\rangle$ to be determined. There  are two  concentric Fermi surfaces.  The energy splitting  $ 2 \alpha_R k  \equiv  \Delta (k/k_F) $, where $\Delta$ is the value for  $k_F \equiv (k_{F\uparrow}+k_{F\downarrow})/2$, with $k_{F\uparrow,\downarrow}$ the Fermi wave number for the majority/minority band. For the surface state of Au, $\Delta \approx 110$meV while $E_F  \approx 420$meV giving the  $E_R\approx 3.5$meV cited in the text.

\noindent\textbf{The magnetic case.} The full Eq.~(\ref{100})  is solved by defining axes  such that ${\hat {\bf m}}\equiv \bm{S}/S$  lies in the $y$--$z$-plane and $\bm{S} = S(\cos \theta {\hat {\bf z}} + \sin \theta  {\hat {\bf y}})$.
The total field, which defines the axis of quantisation,  $g \mu_B \bm{B}_T =2[(J_0 S + \alpha_R k_x \sin \theta ) {\hat {\bf m}}  -  \alpha_R k_y {\hat {\bf x}} +  \alpha_R k_x \cos \theta  ( {\hat {\bf m}}\times {\hat {\bf x}}  )]$.
It is assumed that,  for a ferromagnet $g \mu_B B_R  < J_0 S$, i.e., the Rashba is smaller than the exchange splitting. To second order in $g \mu_B B_R $,
$g \mu_B \bm{B}_T \approx 2(J S + \alpha_R k_x \sin \theta ) {\hat {\bf m}}^\prime $ where $JS =  \left[(J_0 S)^2 + \alpha_R^2(  {k_{x} }^2\cos^2\theta + {k_{y}}^2)\right]^{1/2}$ and where ${\hat {\bf m}}^\prime$ differs in direction from ${\hat {\bf m}}$ by a small angle $\delta$ where $\tan \delta \approx \alpha_R(  {k_{x} }^2\cos^2\theta + {k_{y}}^2)^{1/2}/J_0S$. The linear in $k_x$ term, $\alpha_R k_x \sin \theta$,  causes a shift in Fermi sea to give the
the single particle energy Eq.~(\ref{1006}).

\noindent\textbf{Evaluation of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and pseudo-dipolar contributions.} Needed for $T$ in Eq.~(\ref{400}) are the Fermi sea averages $\langle {k_x}^2\rangle_{\uparrow,\downarrow}=k_{F\uparrow,\downarrow}^2/3$, $k_{F\uparrow,\downarrow}^2/4$, and $k_{F\uparrow,\downarrow}^2/5$,  determined analytically, for quadratic dispersion,  in one, two, and three dimensions respectively. For an isotropic system these averages are
 related to $J_0 S$ via
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\label{4001}
\frac{\hbar^2}{2m} (k_{F\uparrow}^2 - k_{F\downarrow}^2 ) \simeq 2 J_0 S.
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which determines the ratio $2T/J_0S$ in the principal result Eq.~(\ref{400}) given in the text.

\noindent\textbf{Role of the crystal potential.} The effects of the crystal potential $V(\vec r)$ are exhibited by considering a  wave function $\psi = \sum_{\bm{K}} a_{\bm{K}} e^{i(\bm{k} + \bm{K})\cdot \bm{r}}$ which is a linear combination of plane waves, where, $\bm{K}$ are the reciprocal lattice vectors and the $a_{\bm{K}}$ are determined by $V(\bm{r})$. While not convenient for 3{\it d} electrons, at  least in principle, such an expansion in the  true, rather than crystal,  momentum states is always possible. The PD  contribution, $E_R\cos^2\theta$ is independent of the momentum $\bm{k} + \bm{K}$. However  $\hbar^2 \langle {k_x}^2\rangle = \sum_{\bm{K}} |a_{\bm{K}}|^2 \langle (p_x+ \hbar K_x)^2\rangle_\mathrm{BZ}$, where $\langle$ $\rangle_\mathrm{BZ}$ is the average over the first Brillouin zone. For 3{\it d} electrons, the  average  $\hbar^2\langle {k_x}^2\rangle $, and hence $T$, are dominated by the  $a_{\bm{K}} $ for largish $\bm{K}$. It follows  $T$  is enormously increased with the consequences discussed in the text.

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December 22nd I think. Or maybe it was the 23rd, I can't remember. But what I do remember is having to run home last minute to get changed out of the leopard print skirt and slogan knitted jumper I was wearing, and into the blackest most 'I'm too cool to be 'cool', but I'm obviously very cool with this ensemble' turtleneck and some matching black jeans, hanging halfway out of my laundry basket. I crawl on the floor searching for my comfy Topshop leather boots, pile my hair into a top knot, grab my oyster card from the dressing table and quite literally, leg it to SE1. Out of breath and mildly confused, I reach my destination when my phone rings. Bzzzzz Bzzzz Bzzzzzzzz! I'm already tight on time, so I consider clicking the red decline button, but then I register the number and my heart drops into my stomach. Oh no, oh no, oh no, I think as I answer. I hear a frenzied "We are so so sorry oh my gosh! Your interview has been cancelled - Have you arrived at the office yet?" "Yes... Yes, I have, I'm literally outside" I say very quietly. After much back and forth, I accept their apologies, wish them a lovely Christmas and walk pointedly to any coffee shop I can find and I sit with a flat white in one hand and a mixture of tears, concealer and smudged mascara coating the other. "In your time", I whisper to myself on the train home later that evening. In your time.
December rolls into January with terrifying speed, and I return to the UK with my belly filled, my skin two shades darker and my soul filled with memories of family, sunshine and a lot of dancing. On the second Monday of the new month, I receive a phone call whilst writing notes on encouragement and persistence in achieving goals, it's the same kind woman from December asking if I was still looking for that particular role. I say yes and the next day I'm repeating that same journey again, this time with less laboured breathing and a heart crying out "In YOUR time. Everything good in your time". Usually, when it comes to job interviews I prepare methodically, almost insanely. I arrive two hours early to go through my obsessive notes about the practice profile, brushing up on my BREEAM and Lifetime Homes Knowledge. This time, I barely looked up the practice and only remembered my portfolio as I was halfway to the bus stop.
I've been settling into my new role, tackling heavy deadlines and simultaneously trying to figure out a tonne of construction lingo as well as technical and structural drawings (my pet hate) with a sense of gusto. It has been... Extraordinarily challenging so far. I laughed with a friend the other day saying when we finally get what we pray for, more often than not, it's what we prayed for but with some life lessons attached to it. We don't get what we want and then a full stop. Oh no! Life is a series of commas, ellipses, dashes, colons, semi-colons, brackets, exclamation marks!!! (of which I am very fond of) and inverted commas. So right now, I think... there's a semi-colon at the end of where I'm currently at, thoughts of what next squeeze their way around my mind as I'm click clicking away at my desk, sipping a coffee and informing the client of when I'd be able to tackle that structural section. But for now, I welcome this semi-colon, the idea of a rolling stone gathering no moss, the not-so-impossible notion that finally, finally, my life seems to be heading somewhere again, and that my friends, feels oh so very very good. Another chapter of this book called life.
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Physical combat for inner peace: is there a case for martial arts?
By Lucy Dean
Strangely enough, it's hard to stay relaxed when someone is punching you in the face. Weird, I know. What's weirder is that once I do relax, it's easier to defend the incoming blows.
Lucy Dean
Last Updated: 27 April 2020 Published: 12 October 2017
a7193ab52898">For me, it was last Saturday and it happened at least three times.
"I'm only doing it because you're not putting your head down," my partner explained. "You've got to keep your head down. And stay relaxed!"
Head down. Got it. Stay relaxed. Got it. Head ache.
Duck, brush, get one back. Duck, brush – argh, not again?
In my 16 months training in kickboxing and Muay Thai I've gotten better at a lot of things. I can kick pretty quickly, punch a little harder, skip a touch higher.
Still, I just can't seem to keep my head down. So it's a good thing then that I am becoming much more relaxed.
These days, when I get punched in the face, I laugh.
At Double Dragon, my kickboxing and Muay Thai gym, the sport looks like it's almost religious to the dedicated. They're always there, torsos like wooden planks twisting as they grunt, kick and throw each other to the ground. Their satin shorts often match the red and blue bruising around their eyes.
For others (like me) it's more of a hobby and a challenge.
I started training when I arrived home after a year of eating cheese and drinking sangria in Spain. Leaving the ancient cities, salsa dancing and lazy lifestyle of Castilla y León was hard and I needed something new. I also desperately needed to get fit.
In my first session, a combination of summer heat, flickering lights and – let's be honest –that lack of fitness meant I nearly fainted. It wasn't an auspicious start. Nevertheless, I was hooked.
Since then, I've come away with injured toes, the odd poked eye, sore ribs, throbbing heads and more bruises than I can count. A couple of times I've felt queasy and learnt that when it's hot, you need to eat a lot more to stay upright.
As I write this, I'm stretching out the knee I corked last night and considering the fact that the scratch left on my arm by my trainer's big toe (eww) has only just healed.
It's not putt-putt. But I keep coming back.
The thing is, training in Muay Thai is not just about fitness or strength. It's that plus strategy and focus. It's about building confidence and learning not to blink when there's a foot coming for your head (I'm still working on that). It's about not prancing away from an aggressive partner (working on that one too). And, it's about staying relaxed under pressure. I'm glad to say I'm getting better at that.
Over my period of training I've completed university, worked multiple part-time jobs and internships and began work at Momentum Media. It might sound silly, but the ability to attend a session and think of nothing but the sport has been a welcome constant.
Even now, when everything is much more stable and much less stressful, an hour at the gym is often the best part of the day.
Mentally, I feel tougher, calmer and more in control of everything going on.
I think it's to do with the drills we do. When we're practicing defence, my trainer likes to describe it as "taking care of business".
Any combination of kicks, elbows, punches and knees could be flying at you but eh, it's fine! You're just taking care of business. If you cop a hit you laugh it off and think: "Yeah, well done buddy. Good shot. I'll get you back next time."
It's hard to not have this mental toughness flow through into the other parts of my life. If there's a stressful period at work, I figure it's best to just take care of it. Don't dwell on it; don't become anxious, just take care of it.
If something goes wrong I acknowledge it but again, try not to dwell on it. It's like getting kicked in the shin. Yep, that happened and oof that hurt. Let's not do that again.
It should be noted that kickboxing and Muay Thai can be brutal games. This sport isn't for everyone – I've seen a lot of people come for a month and drop out.
But the people who stay are the maniacs like me. They just love it.
So, if you're feeling stressed, maybe it's time to ask yourself: when was the last time you got punched in the face?


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Un dardell o dard és un projectil llançat, llarg i prim de petites dimensions consistent en una peça de forma aguda, un cos central i un conjunt de làmines per a estabilitzar-ne el vol. S'utilitza com un joc que ha esdevingut un esport conegut amb el nom de dards i què es pot practicar individualment, parelles, triplets o per equips, i que consisteix a llançar tres dards alternativament cada jugador a un objectiu o tauler circular anomenat diana que està fixat a la paret, fins a completar una puntuació determinada o assolir uns sectors determinats una sèrie de vegades també determinada, segons la variant del joc i regles amb les que s'estigui jugant.

El tauler estàndard amb un 20 a la part superior va ser creat el 1896 pel fuster de Lancashire Brian Gamlin
Un dard està format per la punta, el canó i la tija com a elements centrals, i l'aleta. La punta és d'acer, i és punxuda com una agulla. El canó o barril és un tub cilindre d'entre 18-26 grams, habitualment d'un material lleuger com el llautó o tungstè. La tija o canya és habitualment de niló o alumini, i serveix per subjectar l'aleta o ploma. L'aleta o ploma és de paper-cartó o tela que amb forma de creu va ancada a la canya, i serveix per estabilitzar el vol del dard i de timó, ja que dirigeix al dard en un traç rectilini i regular.

El dards poden ser de punta d'acer. Aquests tenen el cos o barril de tungstè o llautó (inicialment eren de fusta), amb la punta d'acer, i el seu pes varia des dels 18 grams fins als 28 normalment, i podent arribar a ser de 40 grams. També poden ser amb la punta de plàstics. Són dards d'un màxim de 18 grams, més lleugers que els anteriors, apropiats per a dianes electròniques. El motiu que siguin més lleugers és evitar un excessiu desgast de la diana electrònica. Els més comuns solen pesar entre 16 i 18 grams, encara que n'hi ha alguns, poc utilitzats, que poden pesar menys. Es diferencien principalment per portar la punta de plàstic.

Una altra modalitat de dards són els dards amb sarbatana. Són de mides molt més petites, no estandarditzades (de prop de 2 cm), i són llançats amb un cop d'aire mitjançant un tub cilíndric apuntant cap a la diana. En aquest cas la distància de la línia de tir a la diana és major.

L'esport dels dards
Els dards són una activitat competitiva professional, i practicada també per afeccionats, tradicionalment als pubs, comunament jugat al Regne Unit, a través de la Commonwealth, als Països Baixos i a Irlanda i es van anar estenent als països escandinaus, als Estats Units, a Catalunya i altres països principalment europeus. La Federació Catalana de Dards (FCD) és l'organisme que regeix la pràctica dels dards a Catalunya. Els dards van ser reconeguts com a esport a Catalunya a l'octubre del 1990.

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The plenary hall of the City Council of Redován hosted last Sunday the act of distinction as a working woman 2018, which this year has fallen to Trini Fuentes Marcos, a local businesswoman. The act was attended by family and friends who did not want to miss this emotional day that every year recognizes, on the part of the Consistorio redovanense, the working women of the municipality.
The winner had words of thanks to the City Council and highlighted the figure of women in all areas. He thanked his appointment to the government team, the mayor and all the people who thought about it. He also said that he is representing #Tantasquesomos and all the women of Redován. Also one of his children intervened, who highlighted the figure of his mother.
For his part, the mayor, Emilio Fernández, recognized Trini Fuentes as a hardworking woman and represents the daily effort of the women from Redova. The mayor of Social Welfare and Women, Nely Ruiz, said in his speech that "we recognize the personal and career path of a woman aware and sensitized to equality and that is a benchmark in whom to look and follow, a model of tenacity and struggle" . The councilor highlighted the work of Trini Fuentes made over the years and about the business that she managed to set up in the municipality and which has been dedicated to flowers for 15 years. "Faithful, loyal, collaborative and very participative, you can always count on her and I want to thank you for your willingness and willingness to help," said Ruiz.
The plenary room was decorated with yellow, orange and red tulips. Trini Fuentes explained during his speech, that they intended to pay tribute to women, since the tulip is a flower that always grows even if cut. In this way the protagonist of the day highlighted the figure of women as fighters and workers. Once the act was over, all the women present took a tulip as a souvenir.


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More than that though, it's high summer, solstice in fact, here in Canterbury and that means 'tis a nor'west season—the dry, hot, blusteringly strong wind that sweeps in from the nor'west and generally creates havoc. Just to give you an idea, a friend emailed this morning to say that one of the trees on their lifestyle block had fallen, taking out a considerable portion of the vegetable garden and the shed that her husband had been inside just a few moments before. And being a hot, dry, strong wind in the height of an already hot dry summer, this round of norwesters has fanned a rash of fires—as well as blowing down trees!—in and around Christchurch. Nothing on the scale of Australian bushfires, but enough to keep the fire services feeling stretched over these past few days.


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Cameron Heyward On Drama-Filled Season: Guys Have To Be Smarter, Grow Up
The Pittsburgh Steelers' 2017 season will unquestionably be defined by drama and disappointment, which is a shame that it would coincide with the season in which they also lost the Ambassador, Dan Rooney, in addition going through the traumatic on-field spinal injury of Ryan Shazier.
It was a virtual weekly soap opera, however, with fresh drama the likes of which I have never seen a professional sports team have to deal with over the course of a year, and all seemed rather un-Steelers-like.
While many of the players in the locker room downplayed how that all came about, and pointed to the media for exaggerating a number of things and highlighting things that were otherwise insignificant, there is also a very apparent sense that the players are hoping to avoid repeating the cyclical charade of the past year.
That is what defensive captain Cameron Heyward talked about during the Pro Bowl last week. While he was defensive of the job that the coaching staff did on the field in keeping their players in line, and placed the blame on himself and his teammates for their execution, he also suggested that things need to change, and that people need to grow up, without naming any names.
"I just challenge all of us to not let that stuff happen again", he told reporters, according to Jeremy Fowler. "Who's to say we have to have all that stuff going on? We can be a better team because of it, grow from it, but that stuff is not going to get us anywhere".
Now, on that point I'm sure everybody can agree. I can't imagine that there is much of any benefit for the locker room being repeatedly bombarded by questions and criticisms due to drama that the players largely brought upon themselves. David DeCastro in particular was not happy with the way some players handled the postseason.
"We've just got to make smarter decisions", Heyward went on to say. "Guys got to grow. I thought it got way too much media publicity with it. We've got to close ranks and get back to work".
So there are two thoughts here working in conjunction. On the one hand, be smarter. On the other hand, work together, trust in each other. These are not competing ideas, and work in conjunction with one another, but they are also separate.
It doesn't help that some of their most high-profile players have brought in the drama, such as Le'Veon Bell, Antonio Brown, and Martavis Bryant, even Ben Roethlisberger. Others, especially the younger players, have had issues with keeping their thoughts to themselves. So, surely, there is some maturing to do.
What is done is done, however, and the only thing left to do, as said, is to be smarter in the future. Learn from the past and come together as a group. Use this as an opportunity to growth individually and collectively. At least this way, perhaps, something can be salvaged from the chaos of the 2017 season.
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El Hierro Airport (IATA: VDE, ICAO: GCHI) is an airport located 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of Valverde. It is the only existing airport on the Island of El Hierro, Spain. It was inaugurated on December 1972 and it is called Aeropuerto de los Cangrejos.
However, in spite of its size and its limited timetable, it was the airport which had the most increased in number of passengers and merchandise in the Canary Islands in the year 2007.


According to American tabloid the National Enquirer, 30-year-old star has long suffered from chronic dermatosis, however, in connection with stress related to participation in the TV show "X-factor", the disease continues to progress.Note that psoriasis is a non infectious disease accompanied by skin lesions and itching. In the case of miss Spears psoriasis appears on the legs, particularly the feet and ankles."Britney long time suffering from psoriasis," says a source, " But because of nerves and stress associated with filming in the most popular show in the country, the disease worsened. She is having terrible itching, and does not help creams. She said that the cream of the wound bothered her even more and very sick, so she stopped using medicated serum". Source: Britney Spears suffers from psoriasis.


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Hurricane Irma and Harvey $15B Disaster Fund Won't Last 30 days, Says Ex-FEMA Chief
By Graham Lanktree On 9/13/17 at 5:52 AM EDT
A family arrives at their house, which was flooded after the passing of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Florida, on September 12, 2017 Stephen Yang/Reuters
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Hurricanes Irma and Harvey survivors will be lucky if billions of dollars in disaster relief agreed by Congress last week last more than a month, according to the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA.)
"It's not enough," James Lee Witt, FEMA chief for eight years under President Bill Clinton, tells Newsweek of the funds earmarked last week for the recovery effort after the two storms left a trail of destruction across Texas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. "It would be lucky if it lasts 30 days with both of these events going on at the same time."
In a rare bipartisan move the House and Senate passed a combined $15.2 billion in hurricane relief mainly targeted at helping victims of Harvey in Texas and Louisiana last week. Congress may agree on Hurricane Irma recovery money for Florida soon.
In Texas, the long-term recovery from Hurricane Harvey "will be $100 billion at least," Witt said. Governor Greg Abbott has put the number at $150 to $180 billion.
Read more: With Hurricane Irma and Harvey Relief Underway, One-Third of FEMA Leadership Positions Unfilled
"I haven't seen early estimates on Florida," Witt added of recovery costs there. Irma was "the first time we've seen a hurricane cover the entire state it was so wide," he said, estimating the cost of recovery will cost much more than the $26.5 billion in damage Hurricane Andrew did to Florida in 1992.
The total costs of damage the government might end up footing the bill for in Texas and Florida "could top $175 billion," Witt said, adding "then you've got the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico."
Florida Congress members agree with Witt's assessment. "Fifteen billion dollars is only going to last us a few weeks," said Democratic Florida Senator Bill Nelson after touring the damage with Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Monday. "By the middle of October, we'll have to do another emergency supplemental appropriation," Nelson told reporters.
As flood water recedes in Texas after Hurricane Harvey and storm surge and flooding in Florida dies down "now the most important thing is getting people signed up for assistance," Witt said.
"They have an opportunity here to build back better and safer and use individual assistance program," he insisted. The government is offering a 90 percent federal cost-share for debris removal, 100 percent reimbursement for hurricane preparations, and direct financial assistance for those in the hardest hit areas in Texas and Florida. Witt urges everyone who could qualify to apply online as soon as they can.
Brock Long, the current head of FEMA, said Monday that there are still 200,000 people in shelters from the storm in Florida and that "it's going to be a long frustrating event for Floridians." On Tuesday FEMA said 25 percent of homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed by Hurricane Irma and 65 percent have major damage.
Long's response to these historic natural disasters "has been right on," said Witt, adding that Long's leadership is a "big plus" for FEMA. Communication is key, he added, and right now people need good public information about what's going on to keep "that frustration level down" as people pass through the shock, frustration, and anger they often feel after a disaster.
A key thing survivors need to know, Witt said, is to be careful when returning to their homes with their families.
"A flood is worse than anything. Because you get all that mud and mulk in your homes and business. It would be better if the parents went first," he said, but "sometimes it just doesn't work that way." Children are some of the most vulnerable in disaster situations, he said.
In Houston The New York Times carried out a series of tests of flood waters and published their findings Monday of high levels of E. coli, a bacteria commonly found in sewage, in water inside flooded homes.
"There's pretty clearly sewage contamination, and it's more concentrated inside the home than outside the home," said Lauren Stadler, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, who tested water for the paper.
"I know some kids were playing in the floodwater outside those places. That's concerning to me," she said. The Environmental Protection Agency, Associated Press, CNN, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality have all tested water and expressed concern about contamination.
People thinking of returning home with their children or elderly family members before their house can be cleaned should think twice, Dr. David Persse, the chief medical officer of Houston, told The Times .
"It's very dangerous," Witt said of the possibility for contamination. He urged people to take precautions. "They need to remember to wear masks and gloves and rubber boots," he said. "Particular when they start ripping down walls and insulation out. If they haven't had a tetanus shot in a while, they need to get a tetanus shot just in case they get cut or step on a nail or something sharp" as bacteria looms throughout the disaster zone.
Children may need even greater amounts of care and attention to understand what's happened, said Witt, who works with the children's nonprofit The Hero in You Foundation. He urged storm victims to create a family plan and give their children a number—preferably out of state—to family friends they can reach in case they get separated from each other during the recovery.
"It's important that young kids know what to do," Witt said, urging FEMA's chief Long to "explain that to children."
"Many of the floods that I saw are pretty traumatic on kids," he said, noting that "a lot of times in disasters, the parents get so involved in trying to recover and trying to get assistance they forget about the kids in extent of explaining to the kids what happened."
Children need an outlet to vent their frustration too. During North Dakota's Red River flood in 1997, Witt said he saw teachers from an evacuated school getting their kids to write poems and draw pictures about how the flood impacted their lives.
Just like their parents, Witt said, kids "need to explain how they feel and how it affected them, and it helps them to get through that."
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Скотті Нгуен (справжнє ім'я Тхуан; 28 жовтня 1962, Нячанг) — професійний гравець у покер, володар п'яти браслетів Світової серії покеру, переможець головного турніру WSOP 1998 року, один з п'яти гравців, котрі здобували перемоги на головних турнірах WSOP і WPT. Відрізняється емоційністю за столом. Один з найактивніших і впізнаваних гравців. У 2002—2004 роках потрапив у призи більш ніж на ста турнірах.

Біографія
Народився 28 жовтня 1962 року в місті Нячанг (В'єтнам) у багатодітній родині (у Скотті 13 братів і сестер). У віці 14 років приїхав в США і вже незабаром почав грати в покер. Його навіть виключили зі школи, тому що більшу частину свого часу він проводив не за партою, а за картковим столом.

Працював офіціантом (на цій роботі він і став «Скотті», оскільки його бос не міг вимовити його справжнє ім'я Тхуан), дилером в казино в Південній Каліфорнії. За час роботи він бачив багатьох гравців, серед яких були ті, кому постійно щастило і ті, хто завжди залишався в програші. Їх промахи і перемоги стали незамінним досвідом для Скотті, який навчався на чужих помилках. Набувши досвіду в казино, Нгуен поступово став заробляти за грою в покер стільки, що зміг забезпечувати не лише себе, але і свою сім'ю.

В'єтнамський гравець був помічений покерною елітою в 1998 році, коли він вперше завоював браслет WSOP. Свою майстерність в черговий раз він підтвердив в 2008 році, ставши чемпіоном WSOP $ 50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. Ця перемога зробила його першим гравцем за всю історію WSOP, який зміг завоювати два найпрестижніших титули Чемпіонату — переможця WSOP Main Event і $ 50,000 H.O.R.S.E.

У період з 2000 по 2004 рік він 100 разів потрапляв у призи турнірів. Найяскравішими є перемоги Скотті Нгуєна в турнірах WSOP:
 1997 — $ 2 000 Omaha 8 or Better — $ 156 959;
 1998 — $ 10 000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship — $ 1 000 000;
 2001 — $ 2 500 Pot Limit Omaha — $ 178 480;
 2001 — $ 5 000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better — $ 287 580;
 2008 — $ 50 000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship — $ 1989120.

На сьогоднішній момент виграші Скотті в турнірах складають понад 9 мільйонів доларів США.

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President Obama surprised the White House Press Corps with an unexpected weekend trip to Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the sudden focus on foreign policy and rallying of troops was, largely portrayed in a positive light. But that wasn't the case last night on Fox News The O'Reilly Factor, where Fox News Analyst Ralph Peters told host Bill O'Reilly that the night time trip sent the message that Afghanistan is "so unstable the U.S. President is afraid to be there during daylight hours." Huh?
Peters is a well-known conservative hawk on military issues, and has been very consistent in his opposition to the foriegn policy of the Obama Administration. To be fair, later in the clip he does admit that the war in Afghanistan is getting much better, specifically citing sources that tell him that the Taliban and al Qaeda appear to no longer be working in consort. So while the White House is to be blamed for the night time travel arrangements, the actual battlefield in that particular theater should give Americans reason to be pleased.
Bill O'Reilly: So let's take the President's Afghanistan trip first. You know, I said it was a good thing. You want to show the troops that you are engaged with them and this terrible conflict and he did that. What say you?
Ralph Peters: Well, I'm glad the Commander-in-Chief finally found a couple minutes for our war. But, Bill, nobody in the White House was thinking. Now, whatever modus the President may have had by arriving after dusk and leaving just after midnight, spending six hours in Afghanistan during the night, the message he sent to our enemies, to our allies and to everybody in the region was Afghanistan is so unstable the U.S. President is afraid to be there during daylight hours. Point one. Point two, come on. Six hours, including two hours of Karzai, quick dinner at the Presidential palace, 20 minute photo op. with our troops at the safest base in Afghanistan. Couldn't he spare one full day for General McChrystal and to see what our troops are actually doing?
Bill: All right. So you thought he should spend more time and basically show that he is not afraid — America is not afraid of the Taliban by arriving. All right. People can make up their own mind.


PHOENIX -- It remains to be seen what effect Mike Timlin's five-week absence from the Red Sox will have on his pitching. But it took just one batter in yesterday afternoon's 5-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks to see that his fielding could use a little work.
Timlin's throwing error on a sacrifice bunt led to three unearned Arizona runs in the eighth inning and blew up what had been a tense pitching duel between Randy Johnson and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
"Bad toss, bad error," Timlin said.
The Sox returned home with three wins in seven games on this trip, and with their lead over the Yankees under double digits for the first time since May 24. Five games have been sliced off the lead in 12 days. The Sox led the Yankees by 14 1/2 games May 29; since then, the Bombers have gone 9-2, the Sox 4-7, and the lead is 9 1/2.
The start of a trend? The last time the Yankees drew this close, they lost five in a row while the Sox ran off five straight wins. The Sox return home to play six games against the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants, who occupy the bottom two rungs in the National League West; the Yankees will be hosting the Diamondbacks before the Mets come to Yankee Stadium for the resumption of the Subway Series.
Matsuzaka didn't sign on for this when he came to the American League: having to bat against the 6-foot-10-inch Johnson, who at 43 was as menacing as ever, striking out nine while allowing a run on four hits in six innings.
"When I stood in the box and saw his slider, for those of us who don't hit, I thought, 'This is an impossible pitch,' " said Matsuzaka, who matched the Big Unit whiff for whiff but trailed, 2-1, when he was pulled after six, having allowed two runs on four hits and four walks.
"I wanted very much to hang on," said Matsuzaka, who lingered in the visitors' clubhouse for nearly 40 minutes before appearing in the interview room.
The Sox, who had a chance to come home with a winning trip despite losing the first three in Oakland, didn't lose their grip until the eighth, which began with Conor Jackson's base hit off reliever Brendan Donnelly. Javier Lopez walked Stephen Drew after he was unable to put down a bunt, and manager Terry Francona summoned Timlin, making his first appearance for the big club since May 2, the day before he was placed on the disabled list with what the team is calling tendinitis in his shoulder.
On Saturday, when Timlin was activated and the Sox cut ties with J.C. Romero, Francona said he wanted to ease Timlin into action. "But a ground-ball guy, I wanted to see him in that situation," Francona said. "It was the right time. I thought it was a good situation for him. One thing happened that Mike usually handles."
Timlin had made just one error in the last three seasons combined. Yesterday, Carlos Quentin bunted the ball right back to him, the ball not veering from the strip of dirt that leads from the plate to the mound. Timlin picked the ball up with his bare hand, then threw it over the head of Dustin Pedroia.
Timlin said it was not a matter of picking up the ball with an odd grip. "I just threw it away," he said. "Really no excuse."
Both runners scored on the overthrow, and Quentin, who was credited with a sacrifice, wound up on third. Timlin walked the next batter, Chris Snyder, then got the next two hitters on popups before Chris Young lined a single to left, scoring Quentin to make it 5-1.
The Sox, whose lineup did not include either J.D. Drew (1 for 8 against Johnson) or David Ortiz (4 for 25), took a 1-0 lead against Johnson in the fourth, when Manny Ramírez -- who had missed Saturday's game after being hit on the left hand by a pitch Friday -- walked and scored on a double by Mike Lowell, who is playing with his left thumb heavily wrapped (sprained ligament).
But the Diamondbacks answered with single runs in both the fourth and sixth against Matsuzaka, who has lost his last three. Both innings started with Matsuzaka walking the leadoff man: Orlando Hudson walked and stole second, and after a walk to Jackson, Hudson scored on a single by Stephen Drew. In the sixth, Jackson walked and scored on Quentin's double into the gap.
The Sox had a chance to push across the tying run after Johnson departed in the seventh, when Pedroia opened with a single off reliever Jailen Peguero and was bunted to second by pinch hitter Alex Cora, who hit for Matsuzaka. But Julio Lugo, who homered in his first at-bat in Arizona, then failed to get the ball out of the infield the rest of the weekend, rolled to third, and Coco Crisp, who had just three singles in 25 at-bats on the trip, saw Young run down his gapper to left-center.
Crisp also hit the ball well with two on and two out in the ninth, but this time it was right at Young, who caught the ball.
The Sox got terrific starting pitching on this trip; Curt Schilling threw a complete-game one-hitter and no Sox starter allowed more than three earned runs, with only Julian Tavarez, in the first game in Oakland, failing to last six innings. The staff ERA on the trip was 2.30; opponents hit just .201.
But the Sox offense was held to two runs or fewer four times. They batted just .222, with seven home runs, and had almost twice as many whiffs as walks.
"We finished on a positive note and we won the series," said Kevin Youkilis, who had one hit in four trips while hitting in Ortiz's No. 3 hole, "but I'm still unhappy about the schedule, having to take a road trip on the West Coast after a night game at home [June 3 vs. the Yankees].
"I still think it's not right. The Yankees had to do it one time, too, and I think it's a disadvantage. You can't blame [the record on the trip] on that, but I can speak for myself and tell you I'm exhausted after this road trip. It's had an effect.
"Luckily we get to go home and get back to our own houses and play at home."


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Q: how remove SQL where it can be compared with multiple columns How can I delete data from a table in my database? For example, put a syntax where
delete from table_users where users or password or email or name = "perico"

A: Here is a trick you can use with a tuple:
DELETE
FROM table_users
WHERE 'perico' IN (users, password, email, name);

Note: If you are actually storing plain text in your password column then you should stop and instead read about hashing and salting passwords.  Clear text passwords in a database are a huge security risk.


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Q: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.115.5 .NET Framework project - added SQLite to my project via Nuget package, app.config and package.config look correct.
Errors is:-
"Type : System.IO.FileNotFoundException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
Message : Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.115.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."
All projects targeting x86
Packages.config
<packages>
   <package id="EntityFramework" version="6.4.4" targetFramework="net471" />
   <package id="Stub.System.Data.SQLite.Core.NetFramework" version="1.0.115.5" targetFramework="net471" />
   <package id="System.Data.SQLite" version="1.0.115.5" targetFramework="net471" />
   <package id="System.Data.SQLite.Core" version="1.0.115.5" targetFramework="net471" />
   <package id="System.Data.SQLite.EF6" version="1.0.115.5" targetFramework="net471" />
   <package id="System.Data.SQLite.Linq" version="1.0.115.5" targetFramework="net471" />
</packages>

I have tried links below and so many others but nothing working - what am I missing?
Could not load file
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite'

A: I recently had a similar problem when I upgraded from 1.0.113 to 1.0.115. It appears that the dependent native binaries are not correctly copied any more.
Adding these two lines to the post build step of a project (doesn't really matter which one in your solution) helped:
xcopy /s /y "%USERPROFILE%\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.SqlServer.Compact\4.0.8876.1\NativeBinaries\amd64\*.*" "$(TargetDir)"
xcopy /s /y "%USERPROFILE%\.nuget\packages\Stub.System.Data.SQLite.Core.NetFramework\1.0.115\build\net46\*.dll" "$(TargetDir)"

(Maybe you need to adapt the lines, depending on the package version used and the .NET version targeted)
EDIT
Since you are still using packages.config, the above copy instructions should probably be changed to:
xcopy /s /y "$(SolutionDir)\packages\Microsoft.SqlServer.Compact\4.0.8876.1\NativeBinaries\amd64\*.*" "$(TargetDir)"
xcopy /s /y "$(SolutionDir)\packages\Stub.System.Data.SQLite.Core.NetFramework\1.0.115\build\net46\*.dll" "$(TargetDir)"


Bulgaria's citizenship by investment programme was introduced in its current form in late 2013. In domestic terms, the key innovation was to permit permanent residence leading to citizenship based on an investment of BGN 1,000,000 (approx €512,000) and expedited processing of 2 years where an investment of BGN 2,000,000 (approx €1.02m) was made.
While highly competitive compared to other EU citizenship routes, Bulgarian citizenship by investment has not been promoted by the Government of Bulgaria.
This slowed take-up but there is now evidence of organic and likely sustained demand growth and of an adequate administrative capacity to process applications.
As of September 2018, the cumulated total of applications for citizenship by investment in Bulgaria stood at 193. 95 of these were Standard Track and 98 – Fast Track.
Since the Standard Track requires applicants to hold a residence permit for at least 5 years, most standard applications are only beginning to be eligible.
An average of 18 applications were submitted via Fast Track annually between 2013-2017. In 2018 the annual application rate doubled to 35 on an annualised basis.
Applicants from the Middle East and the ex-USSR make 77% of the Fast Track applications, with most applicants being from Russia. This may be connected to the close cultural connection between the two countries and Bulgaria's familiarity to Russians.
Around 64% of all Fast Track applications made have been approved by the Ministry of Justice so far. The majority of the remaining Fast Track applications were filed in 2018 and cannot be expected to have reached approval.
The final checkpoint in the process, the Vice Presidential decree, has been passed by 50% of the applications approved by the Ministry of Justice. In another positive sign about improved administrative capacity and procedural familiarity, the data shows that so far in 2018, the Vice President's office has granted as many citizenships as in the previous 4 years combined.
This information tends to demonstrate that the Bulgarian citizenship by investment is highly competitive compared to other EU countries.
Comparing to Malta, EU citizenship can be obtained within roughly the same timeframe, but with a significantly lower cost. This also applies to Cyprus, where the typical outlay is on an investment in real estate. While the Bulgarian route is not as rapid as the Cypriot one, avoiding the volatility of real estate and the bias accompanying the selection of qualifying real estate by investing in government bonds is highly attractive.
Our team has already successfully assisted a large number of ultra high-net worth, high net worth and affluent applicants, and our clients have so far had a 100% success rate.
If you would like more information, please feel free to contact us at cbi@newbalkanslawoffice.com.
NBLO regularly advises Bulgarian startups looking to tap into the deeper pools of capital available in more established seed and venture capital markets.
The UK, US and Germany are most frequently the sources of funding which Bulgarian-related investees successfully access. Given our connections to the UK (two of our team are admitted to practice in England), we most often assist Balkan founders or Bulgarian startups who have arranged to raise from UK-specific sources.


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« Part 1–The McCorkell Line
The McCorkell Family Story continues »
The McCorkell Family Story
Published January 12, 2009 | By Admin
(b) Joseph McCorkell emerges
Up to this point my grandfather, Pat McCorkell, has been in the foreground. His migration, the names of his sons and daughters and of his first wife have been listed, and touched on rather briefly. Only one of them, John, the youngest son is given a fuller treatment. The reason is that he has been more closely connected with my immediate family than any other who is not a member of it.
My own father, Joseph McCorkell, merely mentioned before, now emerges as the leading character, and becomes like Abraham of old the father of sons and daughters who will greatly enlarge the family tree in their turn. This section (b) will be much longer than section (a) and perhaps more exciting.
Now to proceed, Patrick McCorkell, the founder of the family in Canada, died in June 1904. The wife whom he brought from Ireland, Sarah Doherty, had died some years before, and he had then married Mrs. John Mayock, a widow in the settlement, installing her in a second small house on the farm a short distance from the log mansion which was the original home of the family. I remember very well this second Mrs. Patrick McCorkell, whom I called Grandma, though I knew nothing of the complicated relationships in our family. Evidently she loved Joseph and John, her step-sons. I often heard her speak in praise of the way Joe and Jack got along together as they grew from boyhood to early manhood, working with their father, until they set up homes of their own. "Never a harsh word between them" she would assure me. She was, of course, typically Irish of that period, believing in ghosts and other supernatural signs. The tragic accidental death of a farmer a mile away from our home provided Grandma with the opportunity to descend upon me with me her certain ties about ghosts in the form of lights flitting across the fields for a whole week previous to the accident. Obviously they were fireflies, but how was I to know. I began to fear the dark. But there was plenty of time in daylight for me to visit grandma and sample her cakes and other goodies, even at the risk of another ghost story.
I can also say confidently that she had the traditional Irish piety, conspicuously devoted to the beads (as Granddad also was) and to other vocal prayers, vocalized to the level of an Irish whisper. She wanted to be anointed every time she felt ill, which came to be annoyingly often. One Sunday on the return from Mass, the family vehicle, which was described as the double buggy, was met on the road by Dr. Gilpin, driving back from a sick call. Pausing to exchange greetings, the doctor said to Grandad "How's the old woman?" To which Grandad returned, "some times she is asking for the priest, and sometimes for the doctor, and between the two of you I do not know what to make of her."
Finally, there is another memorable circumstance of her life. She had a niece, Mary Kirby, and a nephew, John Kirby, recent Irish immigrants. For a time they made their home with their aunt, especially John, who in fact never quite separated himself from the McCorkell family to which he was bound by ties of affinity. He was truly quite a character in his own right. He worked with several farmers, and especially with my uncle John McCorkell for several farmers, and for a longer stretch with my father. Eventually he was seized by the wanderlust and went to Alberta. What money he had saved up, he loaned and lost, and finally he returned to Brechin where his friends set him up in a small tobacco store. He died in 1948.
As indicated above, Patrick McCorkell, the founder of the family in Canada died in 1904. His retirement to a new house fifteen years earlier had cleared the way for my father to marry, and assume the direction of the farm. But the expenses he soon had to face were considerable. The drainage of the farm was obsolete, the livestock had to be improved and increased, a substantial rent had to be paid to his father for the farm, and to all this there was added the expenses of a growing family. (There were six children born in eleven years.) So the old log house had to serve for another twenty years.
As the turn of the century approached my father nevertheless decided to go modern. He planned and built a new house, brick of course, and large too, with gothics and other gimmicks like some of the more affluent neighbours had. Sarah, Rosella, and May, the three eldest were growing up, and longing for more contact with life. Even Peter and Vincent were no longer mere kids. They had ideas and along with older sisters were keen about the new house. Discussions in the family circle about the about the design were spirited, if not always profitable. The intriguing idea of a spare room (unthinkable until now) especially caught the fancy of the girls. Certainly there were a divergence of opinion. Once there was a heated controversy where the spare room ought to be located, the discussion took place in grandad's house nearby, where a wider freedom of speech was tolerated. But at last the old grandfather's patience was exhausted. "Spare rooms" said he, "yes spare rooms and rare rooms, and rooms you will never spare". That was the end of the planning for that day.
The new house was completed in 1897. With the idea of getting a preview I stole into the house when the painters were at lunch, and finding open cans of paint and brushes lying about I made colourful use of them, and night even have finished the job, had not the banging of a storm door (it was November) sounded the alarm. Every McCorkell within earshot, including my irate father converged upon me, and I was soundly spanked. Little consideration was given to the fact that I was only 6 years old. I was made painfully aware of the generation gap.
The house was opened just before Christmas 1897. I remember being worried about Santa Claus being misled, and so passing us up for the year. Christmas had a special glow about it and it did not cease with Xmas. The spaciousness of the new house introduced an era of gaiety and camaraderie. Several house warming dances were arranged. This was a field day for the three girls, who were becoming of marriageable age. Mother had taught them the arts of housekeeping and baking, and as time went on their reputation spread. As I remember the specialty of Rosella and May was pie-making; apple, raison and raspberry. Pete and Vince used to steal pies at intervals formt he pantry, and purchase m silence by allowing me a piece, ridiculously small. Once Vince pilfered a raison pie, hot from the oven, and put it in the woodpile to cool whilst he went for a neighbour, Pat McCann, to give him a treat. In the meantime the pie was missed and a search was made. It was discovered, and so when the two lads got there the woodpile was bare, and as in the Mother Hubbard story, the poor lads got none. I was innocent enough to be the catspaw of Vince who master-minded a variety of escapades. Once I was silly enough to go to my grandma's house (quite near) to get a cup of sugar for Vince, (he even brought me the cup) Rosella wanted the sugar to bake pies, he said. I was however so poor an actor that Grandad got suspicious, and following me out, drove me back to our own house at the point of his walking stick, whilst Vince looked on from a safe distance.
The thrill of the new house wore off all too soon, and farm life resumed its drabness, at least for my older brothers. For me however there were interesting things to learn about the farm. There was also the novelty of going to Mass on Sunday in the new double-buggy. No lesser vehicle could carry all of us, or rather all but one, who would stay at home to keep an eye on things. I some times did that, but preferred to get to Brechin, and to Mass, out of sheer curiosity, I am sure, or a hunger for experience. Sometimes the organ would play and that was something. But the biggest thrill I got up to my tenth birthday was the first Masses of the two Roach brothers ( Tom and William) who were ordained together in St. Basil's, Toronto, ( they were of course, Basilians); this thrilling experience was sprung (on me at least) without warning. It was a quick glimpse into a world, entirely different, one I had never dreamed of, and it started me thinking and dreaming.
My mother used to tell me about a former Brechin boy, Quigley by name, who went to Chicago and became a priest. Since the boy's family were far from wealthy, there must have been divine intervention. The finger of God was there. I am sure that Mother used to pray that something like that would happen to me. Years afterwards at Chicago, when I was in graduate studies there, I went to see Father Quigley. He was able to identify me when I gave him my mother's name. He was a family connection of some sort. Anyhow he was the first vocation to the priesthood from Brechin parish. There were to be others in due course.